1948
OCLI pioneers the optical coating industry, starting with military applications and leading to aerospace, industrial, and commercial markets.
1960
1948
Developed High Efficiency Antireflection (HEA) coatings for
all NASA manned spaceflights
1960
Optical Coating Laboratory (OCLI) Founded
MANNED SPACEFLIGHT
1970
Designed and built the high-performance, multi-layer continuous optical coater (MAC) for printer and copier applications.
OFFICE AUTOMATION
1970
1980
Introduced color-shifting pigments based on roll-coating technology for currency anti-counterfeiting.
1990
1980
Coated optics for the Chandra
X-ray space telescope and scaled
up wavelength-multiplexing filters
for telecom.
1990
Counterfeit Protection
Astronomy and Telecom
1997
Commercial pigments based on Color-by-Physics technology provides automotive market a new tool to create eye-catching effects in auto finishes.
ChromaFlair Introduced
1997
Chandra Image Credit: NASA
2000
2001
2000
The world's first holographic pigment allows brand owners a new, exciting way to differentiate their products.
2001
OCLI acquired by JDSU
SpectraFlair Introduced
2005
UCP delivers Precision-at-Scale coating enabling high volume production of precise and repeatable optical filters.
UCP Coating Platform Launched
2005
2010
Patented Low Angle Shift (LAS) bandpass filters are introduced. Development of gesture recognition technology for consumer electronics and mobile applications.
Consumer and Mobile
2010
2012
2015
2012
MicroNIR Minatuire Spectrometer Introduced
2018
Light Shaping Optics offer solutions for 3D sensing and other applications.
VIAVI acquires RPC Photonics
2018
JDSU becomes VIAVI Solutions
2015
2020
Developed filters for Free Space Optical Communications and improved thin film coating solutions for aerospace systems.
Commercial Space
2020
