LightLab Competitors

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace, and Cyber & Digital sectors. Its portfolio of innovative products and services addresses several major challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability and inclusion. The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies. Thales has more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.

Coherent makes the amazing possible using the power of light. Performance, quality, and a global expert network support our customers in scientific, medical, electronics, and manufacturing markets. Based in California, we operate throughout the globe to provide products, services, and support to thousands of customers. We support groundbreaking research in partnership with organizations dedicated to sponsoring basic research in photonics and optics fields.

Gooch & Housego is a manufacturer of precision optical components and sub-systems, as well as light measurement instrumentation and services, based upon key enabling optical technologies. World leading design, development and manufacturing expertise across a broad, complementary range of technologies – Crystal Growth, Acousto Optics and RF Drive Electronics, Electro Optics, Fibre Optics, Optical Polishing & Coatings, Spectroradiometers, Integrating Sphere Calibration Standards, NIST-Traceable Calibration Standards and Services, Spectral Imaging & Synthesis - coupled with our long established reputation as an industry leader, makes Gooch & Housego the solution for your optics and photonics needs. With worldwide sales & marketing and six manufacturing sites, the clear advantage to the customer is access to proven standard products, as well as the capability to take customers'​ new visions from design through prototyping to volume production of the future.