Optics Valley is a region in southern Arizona, centered on Tucson, that includes a concentration of optics companies, spawned by the optics work at the University of Arizona.^[1] Based on the idea of a technology cluster, such as Silicon Valley, Optics Valley in the US is famous not only for the companies but also for renowned observatories Kitt Peak National Observatory, Mount Graham International Observatory, and the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins.^[2][3]

There are other areas called Optics Valley in France^[4] and China.^[5]

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External links

• Arizona Optics Industry Association, a group of about 200 firms that earned the area its name

• NP Photonics, Inc., A member of the AOIA and a member of Optics Valley since 1998. Company started by a professor at the University of Arizona, College of Optics.