Featured Articles

  1. It's Not All Done With Mirrors 10/19/2021

    G&H acousto-optic deflectors allow for repeatable precision, at ultra-high speed. G&H’s acousto-optic deflectors hit the mark for industry and research alike.

  2. Application Note: Fused Fiber Optic Components 8/30/2021

    Applied in many fields — including avionic and space communications, biomedical instrumentation, fiber laser systems, industrial micromachining, interferometry, lidar, medical diagnostics, sensing, and telecom — G&H's fused fiber components play a vital role in aligning and marrying individual cable fibers.

  3. What Defines Manufacturing Excellence? Insights From The G&H Cleanroom 8/27/2021

    Manufacturing complex and exacting fiber optic components and assembling photonic subsystems demands the highest possible manufacturing standards.

  4. Commitment To Diversity Underpins Competitive Advantage 8/23/2021

    Gooch & Housego, the specialist manufacturer of photonic components & systems, is committed to diversity in its recruitment initiatives, which include working with universities on postgraduate placements, advising on doctoral programs and promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers in schools.

  5. Tough Enough For Space, Stable Enough For Quantum: Fiber-Q® 8/10/2021

    “Fiber-coupled acousto-optic modulators” (FCAOM) is perhaps not a phrase that rolls naturally off the tongue. Yet this slightly awkward descriptor belies an elegant and robust solution for directly controlling the timing, intensity, and temporal shape of the output from fiber lasers – which enables them to be used in some of the most demanding applications in the world, including quantum and space.

  6. G&H Stingray Optics NightcrawlIR™ Lens Series Breaks New Ground In Performance Vs. Cost 7/28/2021

    The launch of G&H’s new EAR certified NightCrawlIRTM infrared zoom lenses, under the StingRay brand, marks a step change in accuracy, repeatability, and cost-effectiveness in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) imaging space, in critical sectors including aerospace and defense (A&D), and border security.

  7. Shifting Dynamics In Intercontinental Cabling 7/28/2021

    When a manufacturing facility producing high-reliability components for long-distance submarine cables suddenly has to triple its output of couplers for prestige clients, meeting this demand is literally a tall order. But this is exactly what happened at our Torquay facility.

  8. Overcoming LiDAR Challenges To Make "Remote Sense" Of Earth And Space 7/13/2021

    As LiDAR advances, its pivotal role in remote sensing grows. Dive into its transformative journey, from precision engineering challenges to collaborative design for cutting-edge sensing solutions.

  9. G&H Insight: The Growth Of Laser 6/21/2021

    Photonics Emerges Stronger from the Pandemic, Proving its Robustness and Resilience Against Market Disruptions. In this article G&H explores the demand for photonics-based solutions across sectors, applications and pain-points, and set out industry needs for photonic components to address the challenges customers face today.

  10. Space & Spectroscopy: Shedding Light On G&H's Laser Tuning Capabilities 6/8/2021

    Space is perhaps no longer "the final frontier," but as an operating environment for optical components, it remains in many ways the ultimate test of the technology’s reliability, resilience, and precision — far more so, typically, than with terrestrial applications.