Vitaly A. Shchukin

VI Systems GmbH develops and manufactures optoelectronic components for optical communication and sensor applications. Its products include optical chips, optical modules, integrated circuits and test boards. The firm offers design, manufacturing, characterization, modeling and technology transfer services. The company was founded on December 7, 2006 by Nikolay Ledentsov and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

PBC Lasers GmbH develops and sells high brightness and high power laser diodes and laser diode based modules and systems. The company was founded by Dieter Bimberg in 2008 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Innolume GmbH manufactures laser diodes. Its products include single mode and broad-are laser diodes, DFB and DBR lasers, superluminescent diodes, semiconductor optical amplifiers, tapered amplifiers, gain chips, laser diode driver, and optical isolators. The company was founded by Bernd Meyer in 2005 and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.