Photonics
Join us in San Francisco for Photonics West 2022
Experience the energy of Photonics West as everyone gathers for an exciting year in San Francisco. Get ready to enjoy real conversations, hear the latest breakthroughs, and make important connections in person. Hear cutting-edge research in biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, MOEMS-MEMS, displays, and more. Attend technical presentations, courses, two world-class exhibitions, plenary presentations, and a variety of networking activities. Meet up with the optics and photonics community at the Moscone Center.
2022 Exhibit Hall & Show Floor Programs
A Year's Worth of Meetings in Just Three Days
OFC is your one-stop for information, networking and business solutions for the latest in optical communications and networking. All events on the exhibit floor are free to registered attendees.
A Showcase for New Products
Exhibiting companies showcase network equipment and software, active and passive components, test and manufacturing equipment, data center/IT products and cable and fiber. Only OFC offers the size and scope to compare and contrast vendors, giving you the information you need to make all your technology decisions in one place.
Three Days of Business Programs. Three Expo Theaters.
Three theaters on the show floor feature presentations by experts from major global brands and key industry organizations. Get high-level takes on hot topics and market trends. Learn about the state of the industry, emerging technologies and recommended courses of action to tackle today’s toughest business challenges.
Microcomb Promises Durability in Biophotonics, Metrological Applications
A microcomb developed by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology has the potential to herald significant advances in a variety of technologies, spanning metrology and optical communication. The design is based on two microresonators and is coherent, tunable, and reproducible, and has up to 10× higher net conversion efficiency than current state-of-the-art devices.