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Western Carolina University is part of two multi-institutional constortia to research and develop products in photonics:

Carolinas Photonics Consortium

OptoElectronic Systems
Realizing Your Future
- Analyzing the polarization dependence of optoelectronic devices
- Measuring the spectral characteristics with sub-picometer resolution of tunable lasers
- Testing the bit error ratio at transmission rates up to 12.5 Gb/s
Making a Difference to our Region
- Part of the Carolina MicroOptics Triangle, uniting photonic materials, component design, prototyping and testing.
- Part of the Carolinas Photonics Consortium, translating intellectual property into investment-ready packages for photonics products.
- Accelerated development of fiber connectivity products for USConec with small part, fine detail rapid prototyping
- Built field-testable biosensor device for BiOptigen within a week, accelerating design finalization









