Bringing the World to Light

Applied Optoelectronics Incorporated (AOI) develops and manufactures advanced optical devices, including laser diodes, photodiodes, related modules and circuitry, and equipment for applications in fiber-to-the-home, cable television, point to point communications, and wireless.

AOI's products are the fundamental building blocks of broadband networks around the world.  Our state-of-the-art wafer fabrication and device manufacturing facility in Sugar Land utilizes the revolutionary Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) technique to ensure the best performance, reliability, and price possible for our customers.

Our customer base is composed of major equipment manufacturers in over 24 countries world-wide.
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We are a fast growing firm located in suburban Houston, Texas.  Job openings are currently available for skilled, highly-motivated individuals with experience in the semiconductor or electronics industry.
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Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. of Sugar Land, Texas maintains a continuously improving quality management system registered under the ISO 9001:2000 standard.

Upcoming Events

• FOE 2010

  January 20-22, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan
  Booth: #6-10

• OFC/NFOEC 2010

  March 23-25, 2010 in San Diego, California
  Booth: #1741

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Latest News

• AOI Announces New Partner in Japan

  Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) and Fuji Electronics Company, Ltd., jointly announce a distribution agreement for the Japanese market.

• AOI Raises $19.5 Million in F Round Funding

  Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), announces that it has raised $19.5 million in capital through private placement of preferred stock and is planning to use the new funds to continue expanding production capacity and invest in new product development.

• AOI’s Factory in Ningbo, China Recognized as “China National High Technology Enterprise”

  Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), announces that its factory in Ningbo, China has been awarded recognition as a “China National High Technology Enterprise” (a “high-tech company”) by the government of the People’s Republic of China.

• AOI Announces Transceiver for WDM-PON

  Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), announces a small form-factor pluggable transceiver designed for operation in colorless Optical Networking Terminals (ONTs) used in Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Networks (WDM-PONs).

• AOI Hurricane Ike Information

  Hurricane Ike Recovery information as of Monday, September 15, 2008. AOI has resumed partial operations in its Houston, TX, area facilities as of today. Full operation is expected to resume Tuesday, September 16.

• AOI Announces 10Gbps XFP Pluggable Transceivers

  Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), is launching two new products (1) 10 Gbps 1310nm 10 Km XFP pluggable transceiver and (2) 10Gbps 1550nm 40km XFP pluggable transceiver.

• AOI Announces DWDM QAM Lasers

  Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), is offering a C-band DWDM QAM laser in standard 14-pin butterfly package.

• AOI Offers C-Band DWDM Box TOSA

  Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), is offering a C-band DWDM Box TOSA in a standard 9-pin package.

• AOI Announces O-Band DWDM Analog Lasers

  Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), is offering DWDM analog forward path lasers in standard 14-pin butterfly packages in the O-band (near 1310-nm) wavelength range.

• AOI Introduces Wide-Temperature-Range High-Speed Optical Transceiver for Coarse-Wavelength Division Multiplexing

  Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), introduces a family of new small-form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers with industrial operating temperature range.

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