Optical Technologies for Biomedical Applications
Industry-leading optical technologies from VIAVI
For over 75 years, VIAVI Optical Technologies have underpinned the technology behind many of the world’s most advanced life science and healthcare applications. 24/7 reliability, high contrast performance, and exacting wavelength agility are among the traits driving breakthroughs in quantitative imaging, advanced laser aesthetics, and personalized healthcare.
VIAVI has built upon its optical capabilities with an unmatched combination of miniaturization, accuracy, and manufacturing efficiency. As advanced optical technology continues to drive the latest biomedical breakthroughs, VIAVI remains committed to delivering high-performance, low-cost optical solutions to meet the expanding industry demand.
VIAVI-engineered diffusers, low angle shift (LAS) bandpass filters, and wafer-level patterned coatings are among the key ingredients enabling unprecedented sensing, imaging, and treatment options for the biomedical industry. Continued innovation and collaboration covering a wide range of challenging optical applications have solidified our position as an industry leader. With low-cost solutions and low-risk geographically distributed supply chains firmly established, VIAVI is poised to accommodate the ongoing growth of the biomedical market.
Why VIAVI?
VIAVI engineered diffusers, low angle shift (LAS) bandpass filters, and wafer level patterned coatings are among the key ingredients enabling unprecedented sensing, imaging, and treatment options for the biomedical industry. Continued innovation and collaboration covering a wide range of challenging optical applications has solidified our position as an industry leader. With low-cost solutions and low-risk geographically distributed supply chains firmly established, VIAVI is poised to accommodate the ongoing growth of the biomedical market.
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Optical Technologies: FAQ
VIAVI optical technologies support three primary biomedical application areas: fluorescence imaging for diagnostics, drug discovery, and DNA sequencing; laser aesthetics applications including skin treatment and laser eye surgery systems; and personalized healthcare monitoring for wearable point-of-care diagnostic devices such as glucose monitors and pulse oximeters. Across all three areas, VIAVI supplies optical filters, and wafer-level coatings engineered for high precision and high-volume manufacturing.
Our core biomedical optical technologies include low angle shift (LAS) bandpass filters that block ambient light and improve signal-to-noise ratio across wide fields of view, and wafer-level patterned coatings that enable cost-effective, high-volume manufacturing of miniaturized optical components. These technologies are used across diagnostic imaging systems, laser treatment devices, and wearable health monitors.
VIAVI has supplied optical technology to the life science and healthcare industry for more than 75 years. This heritage spans foundational optical filter and coating technology used in diagnostic imaging, laser-based medical devices, and more recently, the wafer-level processing techniques that enable today's miniaturized wearable health monitoring devices.
Yes. Our VIAVI wafer level processing (WLP) technology is specifically suited to the high-volume, miniaturized optics required in wearable point-of-care diagnostic devices, including continuous glucose monitors, pulse oximeters, and heart rate monitors. LAS filter technology helps these devices block ambient light interference, while induced transmission filters enable signal collection across a wide field of view, both of which are important for accurate readings in compact, body-worn form factors.
VIAVI combines decades of thin film optical coating expertise with wafer-level processing techniques that allow dozens to hundreds of optical filter channels to be fabricated on a single wafer at consumer-electronics-scale pricing. This combination of precision performance and high-volume manufacturing efficiency, supported by a geographically distributed supply chain, allows VIAVI to serve both highly specialized diagnostic imaging applications and large-scale wearable device production from the same core technology base.
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