Castor Optics

Castor Optics, a strategic partner of Thorlabs, is developing a new line of double-clad fiber optic couplers. Castor Optics commercializes the fibre-optic coupler that Boudoux and Godbout designed. The coupler has numerous applications in optical imaging, especially in the biomedical field. Equipped with a castor optics coupler, imaging devices-including those used in endoscopy and optical coherence tomography (OCT)- generates better quality beginning to be used in cardiology. combined with flourescense imaging or Raman spectroscopy, the coupler permits significant advances in diagnosing diseases of the retina, classifying atherosclerotic plaques and detecting lung tumors. It can also be useful in heavy industries , such as the oil industry, where imaging devices are used in hostile environments.