Optical InterLinks LLC Information

Optical InterLinks (OIL) is a leading supplier of customer, application specific, optical interconnection solutions and products using our GuideLink™ polymer waveguide (PWG) technology's unique capabilities. Our founding team developed the technology starting in 1985 at DuPont and continued to expand its capabilities through 1997. Following a corporate downsizing in early 1998 the team left DuPont with a license to practice the technology, initially as Optical CrossLinks and subsequently as Optical InterLinks LLC in 2006 after a buyout. The team has 30 years of extensive experience in designing, creating, and constructing novel optical interconnection solutions primarily involving GuideLink™ PWG's. Along the way the team has developed considerable understanding and expertise unique solutions complex optical interconnection problems. OIL has been able to bring unique solutions to our customers favorably impacting board level and functional device interconnections as well as optical and bio sensors. In order to integrate OIL's PWG with commercially off the shelf (COTS) products, our team has developed various connectorization products which allow coupling to/from optical fiber or ribbons. Additional supporting technology developed by the OIL team allows it to construct novel optical fiber shuffle distribution systems and where needed custom fiber ribbons. OIL's bundle of technological capabilities provides a full system optical connectivity solution to interface with and between today's existing optical interconnection needs while providing a platform for tomorrows innovations.