Company History
Photonic Systems, Inc. (PSI) was founded by Dr. Charles H. Cox in 1999 to address the need for low-cost, high-performance analog fiber-optic links and components, as well as to provide engineering consulting services to government and industrial customers seeking expert advice in photonic system design. Over the years, PSI’s professional staff has grown to include microwave photonic industry pioneers from acclaimed research institutions including MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and from renowned companies such as Alcatel, Axsun, Bose, Coretek, Covega, GE, Lasertron, Lucent, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. Today, PSI is a recognized leader in the field of microwave photonics technology, components, and systems offering a wide array of products and services to customers in defense, communications, homeland security, scientific research and government.
Major Company Milestones
1999 PSI is founded by Dr. Charles H. Cox in February
1999 Dr. Edward Ackerman from MIT Lincoln Labs joins PSI in August
2000 Company relocates to Burlington, MA
2000 PSI receives first major government sponsored research program: RFLICS
2001 Sales of first standard modulator bias controller product called PSI-0202
2002 Release of first standard microwave photonic link product line PSI-1600
2004 PSI moves to larger facility in Billerica, MA
2004 PSI wins contract to provide microwave optical links for SETI’s Allen Telescope Array
2009 PSI opens engineering office in Escondido, CA
2010
PSI first to demonstrate single antenna Same-Frequency
STAR
2012
PSI offers PSI-2600-40L 40 GH Rf over fiber links
2014
PSI delivers high-power RF interfernce canceller to DoD
application
2016
PSI introduces Electro-Magnetic Attack (EMA) Resisitant RF
over fiber link
2020
PSI offers 110 GHz RF over fibe link
2021
PSI demonstrates >110 GHz Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN)
modulators and links
2023
PSI moves to new stae-of-the-art facility in Bedford, MA |
