Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures optical devices, packaged optical components, optical subsystems, laser transmitters, and fiber optic transceivers. It manufactures optical devices, including laser diodes, photodiodes, related modules and circuitry and equipment for applications in fiber-to-the-home, cable television, point to point communications and wireless. The company provides its products for three networking end-markets: internet data center, cable television and fiber-to-the-home. Applied Optoelectronics was founded by Chih-Hsiang Lin on February 28, 1997 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, TX.