The Center for Rapid Product Realization


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

MicroOptics Triangle 

Carolinas MicroOptics Triangle

Carolinas Photonics Consortium 

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

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