Sagie Tsadka

Optium Corp. designs and manufactures optical subsystems for use in telecommunications and cable TV network systems. Its offers transceivers, transmitters, analog RF over fiber products, line cards, circuit packs, and optical add/drop multiplexer products that deliver voice, video, and other data services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Part of Coherent Corp., Kailight Photonics, Inc. develops optical modules for the telecommunications industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Uriel Halavee, Sagie Tsadka, Shmuel Sternklar. Kailight Photonics was acquired by Optium Corp., part of Coherent Corp. from August 29, 2008 on May 17, 2007 for $40 million.

Soreq Nuclear Research Center is a research and Israeli development company that specializes in various fields such as laser and electro optics, nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceutics, non-destructive testing, space components characterization and testing, crystal growth, and development of innovative radiation detectors. The private company is ultimately controlled by the Government of Israel.

Pentalum Technologies, Inc. develops light detection and ranging systems. Its solutions include SpiDAR, a wind LiDAR system that provides wind measuring solutions to three wind energy applications, which include wind resource assessment, wind farm operation optimization, and wind forecasting. The company also provides a central control unit, which collects wind data from various SpiDAR's out in the field through a Web-based system and presents data to use dashboard. Pentalum Technologies was founded by Nathan Sela and Sagie Tsadka in 2009 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Finisar Corp. operates as an optical communications company. The firm provides components and subsystems to networking equipment manufacturers, data center operators, telecom service providers, consumer electronics and automotive companies. Its products include optical transceivers, active optical cable, optical engines, communication components, sensing components, and optical instrumentation. The company was founded by Frank H. Levinson and Jerry S. Rawls in April 1987 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Makalu Optics Ltd. engages in the development of of long range four-dimensional Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems for autonomous vehicles such as cars, drones, and robots. The company was founded by Sagie Tsadka on September 9, 2019 and is headquartered in Yokneam Illit, Israel.