Company

Company Milestones



1986

Founded DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc.
Started Delivery of Optical Components to the Optical Communication Industry.

1996

Developed Filter WDM Components

1997

Developed Thin Film Filter Coating Technology for Telecom

1998

Started R&D Efforts in MEMS Technology

1999

Released the GP700 Test and Measurement Platform

2000

Established Overseas Production Capability in Taiwan

2001

Inaugurated Our 200,000 ft² Richmond, California Corporate Headquarters Facility
Released First MEMS Optical Component- MEMS VOA

2002

Started Epitaxy and Photonic Chip Process Development for Solid-State Lighting

2003

Released MEMS 1xN Switches

2004

Ranked the #1 Private Company (in the Fiber Optics Passive Component Industry) by Light Reading

2006

Awarded a Major Contract by Boeing for the U.S. Navy's
P-8A Program

2007

Formed "DiCon Lighting" Business Unit, Initiated Multiple Lighting Brands

2008

Released MEMS Optical Tunable Filters

2009

Released the GP750 Test and Measurement Platform

2010

Released MEMS Optical Channel Monitor

2011

Participated on the First P-8A Test Flight

2012

Released MEMS 3D Matrix Switch

2013

Expanded MEMS Tunable Filter Portfolio

2014

Released Gen II MEMS 1xN Switch (up to 1x32)

2015

New Ultra-Compact MEMS Tunable Filters Introduced Released New MEMS Integrated Modules for ROADM Applications.

2016

Released the MEMS Ultra-Compact Wideband Tunable Filter with Integrated VOA (UFA)

2017

Released Attenuator with Tap Detector (ATD)

2018

Released PON Tunable Receiver (PTR)

2019

Expanded MEMS 3D Matrix Size to 96x96

2020

Released GP600 Fiber Optic System Platform