RPC Photonics Inc

RPC Photonics, Inc. is a leading developer and manufacturer of refractive and diffractive micro-optical components with business focus on illumination and displays. Originally founded in 1989, RPC Photonics, Inc. established and continually pushed the state-of-the-art in diffractive optics modeling and manufacturing. From 1999 - 2002, under the ownership of Corning, Inc., RPC developed unique capabilities in the design and manufacture of microlens arrays and fiber collimators in polymer and all-glass for the telecommunications industry. With the economic downturn, Corning spun-off RPC, now an independent Company, with the charter of developing optical components for light management for applications in solid-state illumination and display systems. RPC Photonics, Inc. focuses on developing optical components using precision structured surfaces fabricated in materials such as fused silica, silicon or calcium fluoride by reactive ion etching or ion milling or in plastics by optical replication. Such precise structures (engineered diffusers, laser beam homogenizers, diffractive phase plates, and holographic elements) can be applied to extract light and distribute it in an efficient way, for light-control applications. RPC Photonics' core competencies include optical modeling of deterministic and random surfaces, mechanical systems, laserwriting, reactive-ion etching, photolithography, replication, optical surface metrology, and system assembly. The laserwriting system allow