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GOOCH & HOUSEGO & GOOCH 1948-2018 70 YEARS OF PRECISION PRODUCTS AND CAPABILITIES Gooch & Housego generates, controls, amplifies, connects, and measures lasers and light sources. Our expertise enables customers to push the boundaries of commercial applications of photonics technology. CONTENTS ABOUT US Global Leaders in Photonics Technology 2 Sectors and Applications 4 Continuous Improvement 10 Quality Management 12 CAPABILITIES AND PRODUCTS Acousto-Optics 13 Crystal Optics 27 Electro-Optics 33 Fiber Optics 39 Precision Optics 53 Light Measurement Instrumentation 79 CONTACT US Gooch & Housego Locations 84 Distributors 85 INDEX Products, Capabilities and Services 88 goochandhousego.com 1 ABOUT US GLOBAL LEADERS IN PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY Gooch & Housego generates, controls, amplifies, connects, and measures lasers and light sources. Our expertise enables customers to push the boundaries of commercial applications of photonics technology. ENABLING PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGIES Manufacturing expertise: Since its foundation 70 years ago, Gooch & Housego has grown to become a global • Acousto-optics (AO) leader in photonics; utilizing a broad range of complementary technologies to offer vertically integrated engineering, design, manufacturing and supply capabilities. • Crystal optics (CO) Our investments in new expertise and equipment, alongside lean manufacturing and continuous improvement programs enable us to continue to grow our • Electro-optics (EO) capabilities to meet our customers’ needs, now and into the future. • Fiber optics (FO) From Custom to Commercial Off-the-Shelf • Precision optics (PO) From individual components to complete systems, our products are used in photonics-based devices for laser systems, imaging, sensing, communications, and • Light measurement testing and measurement, in a broad range of applications from undersea to space. instrumentation (LMI) Our products are at the heart of systems, whether custom or commercial off-the- shelf (COTS). We also provide complete optical system design, engineering, and volume manufacturing services. Integrated photonic solutions for: Many of our customers start with a COTS product for proof-of-concept or prototyping • Aerospace & defense and migrate into a semi-custom or completely customized solution. From the research and development of our own products, to helping our customers design, • Space prototype, and scale-up, our engineers and technologists are involved at every step. • Industry Applied Research and Development • Life sciences In 2013 we established the Systems Technology Group (STG) to focus on R&D and the design, development and prototyping of systems-level products. Our multi-disciplinary • Scientific research team, with expertise in mechanical, electronic, and software design and modeling, integrates these technologies with G&H’s expertise in photonics. 1948 1999 2007 ACOUSTO AND PRECISION OPTICS CRYSTAL AND ELECTRO-OPTICS FIBER OPTICS Our core capabilities initially centered on the Cleveland Crystals added a world class crystal The acquisition of Sifam, a Torquay-based manufacture of scientific optical components growth facility. Now, at our Cleveland site, we designer and manufacturer of modular and and crystalline materials; skills that remain at also develop crystal optics and electro-optic passive components for undersea telecoms, the cornerstone of our Ilminster operation. devices for industrial, medical and scientific industry, life sciences, and aerospace & defense, In 1982 we diversified into the fabrication of laser systems. enabled us to diversify into a new area of water-cooled acousto-optic devices. photonics. AO PO CO EO PO FO 1995 2004 2008 LIGHT MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTATION ACOUSTO-OPTICS PRECISION OPTICS Optronic Laboratories in Orlando, introduced Neos Technologies, now integrated into our General Optics in Moorpark, optical radiation instrumentation manufacture Fremont and Ilminster sites, brought expertise brought a unique capability and the provision of light measurement and in conduction-cooled and driver technology, in superpolished mirrors calibration services to our portfolio. broadening the range of applications for which for scientific research we could supply acousto-optically controlled and avionic and space devices. applications. LMI AO PO 2 goochandhousego.com ABOUT US Glenrothes PO PO Madison Keene Fremont Norderstedt St. Asaph R&D PO CO Paris AO FO FO PO PO EO CO Bedford Torquay HQ AO Nagoya R&D PO Cleveland LMI Ilminster Moorpark Orlando STG Manufacturing locations Research & development Sales oces Distributors – Components and photonic assemblies Distributors – Light measurement instrumentation 70 Years of Growth Facts and Figures Through its acquisition of world-class companies in specific technology areas, Gooch • Listed on London’s AIM & Housego has built an unparalleled portfolio of capabilities. With 11 state-of-the art Stock Exchange (GHH) manufacturing sites, sales offices in France, Germany and Japan, a field-based sales • 2017 revenues of £112M team, and distributors around the world, we are well prepared to put our photonics • Over 800 employees expertise to work for you, now and into the future. 2011 2013 2016 2018 FIBER OPTICS PRECISION OPTICS ELECTRO-OPTIC SYSTEMS PHOTONIC SOLUTIONS EM4’s expertise with active fiber optic Spanoptic in Madison-based Alfalight, known for Gooch & Housego now has seven components and subsystems, and Glenrothes added HI REL, rugged laser-based, electro- manufacturing sites in the US and four photonic packaging services, added to aspheric optics and optic systems, and Kent Periscopes in the UK and can often serve both our capabilities and gave us a North infrared coating (St. Asaph), supplier of armored fighting ITAR or non-ITAR requests. Whatever American base in Boston for the supply capabilities to our vehicle imaging systems, reinforced our your sector, location or application, our of solutions for harsh environments. portfolio. capabilities in defense systems. photonics expertise can work for you. FO PO R&D PO AO CO EO FO PO LMI R&D 2011 2013 2017 ACOUSTO-OPTICS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PRECISION OPTICS A pioneer in acousto-optic technology, Constelex Technology Enablers' experience in Keene-based StingRay Optics’ capabilities in Crystal Technology’s experience advanced photonic systems for satellite and high performance optical assembly design, enabled us to expand the range of space, enabled us to couple our experience development and manufacture significantly devices, notably crystal-based, that we in fiber optic systems with space photonics extended our portfolio of high performance could provide to a variety of markets expertise to develop the next generation of lenses across multiple wavelengths and our from our Fremont site. satellite systems and build R&D in Torquay. ability to provide system level optics. AO CO R&D PO goochandhousego.com 3 ABOUT US SECTORS AND APPLICATIONS Our customers build equipment for deployment across a uniquely broad range of applications, often in testing environments where extremes of atmospheric pressure, humidity, temperature or vibration are common. We design, engineer and manufacture critical subsystems and components for integration into this equipment. AEROSPACE & DEFENSE We understand just how important demonstrable operational Head-up Displays quality and program management are to OEM manufacturing, Heads-up displays (HUDs) comprise three main subsystems: especially in the aerospace & defense sector. As a trusted a projector, a combiner, and a video generating computer. supplier for prime contractors, G&H has invested in robust A sub-set of the HUD is the head (or helmet) mounted display systems and processes to ensure compliance with import (HMD), where the HUD components are miniaturized. and export regulations, export licensing, ITAR-controls, G&H’s expertise in designing and developing components for documentation and revision control, extreme environmental imaging, as well as its capability to miniaturize subsystems, performance, and accounting documentation such as FAR is well-leveraged in this arena: and CAS. • Beam combiners for HUDs and HMDs We continue to invest in our continuous improvement • Lens systems for projection and lean manufacturing programs, as well as production • Waveguides for space constrained projection equipment and metrology to better serve our most demanding customers. Imaging under Extreme Conditions Specifically, we work with customers in the following Sights, telescopes, periscopes, and other imaging systems application areas: have long played a role in defense. In recent years photonics has broadened imaging systems to a wide variety of Communications conditions (night, fog and haze, smoke, sandstorm, aerial, Tactical communications require rugged, HI REL components and space) and adapted to a range of situations: and subsystems; in some instances light weight for maximum • Building, border, and asset surveillance mobility. We support a number of C4ISR (command, control, • Firefighting and policing communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and • Low-light/night vision surveillance reconnaissance) applications including: • Lidar mapping • RF over fiber • Hyper-spectral imaging and target identification • Secure fiber optic networks G&H provides a wide variety of photonic components, • Surveillance and target acquisition subassemblies, and systems into these applications: Our military-grade components are designed for survivability • Beam steering lenses, mirrors, and prisms under extreme conditions,