About IFOS

IFOS, based in Silicon Valley with Stanford University origins, specializes in advanced optical sensing solutions for industries like manufacturing, aerospace, and healthcare. We provide precise measurements for parameters such as strain, temperature, and vibration, applicable from surgical instruments to large-scale infrastructure.
Renowned for our innovation, we design photonic sensing systems to operate in extreme environments. Our cutting-edge photonic integrated circuits (PICs) deliver high performance while reducing size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C). Discover how IFOS is driving progress with our state-of-the-art sensing technology.
Our Team
IFOS’s world-class team includes photonics, optoelectronics, electronics, mechanical, signal processing, and software engineers work alongside physicists, mathematicians, and data scientists who collaborate with top research centers worldwide. Our sister company Opterro focuses on productization, application engineering, marketing, and sales.

Our Value Propositions
- We develop the most advanced industry solutions available.
- We possess an extensive IP portfolio and publications list in photonic computing, sensing, and signal processing.
- We can deliver quickly in situations where most other existing solutions are ineffective.
- Our photonic technology platforms are productized and marketed as end-to-end solutions by our sister company, Opterro, Inc.
Silicon Valley close to Stanford University, San Jose, and San Francisco.
History of Photonic Sensing
From Telecommunications to Data Communications
The wide adoption of semiconductors in our lives reduced distances across the world via fiber optics and cellular wireless communications. This era of telecommunications is now being followed by the promise of data as the unit of value.
From Communications to Sensing
While electrons have been instrumental in processing and transmitting data, ongoing breakthroughs are driving a transition from electron-based systems to photon-based ones. This shift holds the promise of significantly faster computing and data analytics. Optoelectronics, which combines photonics and electronics, emerges as a practical and comprehensive solution to many existing challenges.
Optimizing and Protecting Infrastructure with Sensing Data
In the Internet of Things (IoT) era, data is generated by a ubiquitous network of sensing devices that collect sensory data continuously over time for applications in commerce, medicine, and many other industries. Based on the nature of the application, these devices will generate large data streams that are valuable in control of devices, systems, and infrastructure all around us. With optical sensors, these data streams will be fast and in real-time.
From Sensing to Data Processing: The Optoelectronic Interrogator
IFOS conducts pioneering work combining sensing and intelligent data processing algorithms with practical, user-friendly interfaces. Our robust IP portfolio includes patents, publications, trademarks, and trade secrets.