Canadian Instrumentation & Research Ltd

Canadian Instrumentation & Research Ltd

Established 1975, manufacturing polarization preserving fiber
optic evanescent wave devices for communications and sensor
applications, including splice free arrays, interferometers,
custom assemblies, precision mechanical assemblies and electronic
control systems.

The evanescent wave technology essentially pioneered at Stanford
by Professor Shaw et. al. was built on and expanded by the
development and patenting of a method for optical contact of
polished fibers. This allowed the assembly of couplers without
any interleaving layer of index matching adhesive or oil and
resulted in the high quality devices currently manufactured.
Splice free arrays and interferometers can be fabricated as
coupler halves and can be made on a continuous length of fiber.

Development and manufacturing of fiber optic components and fiber
optic sensors has been ongoing since the early 1980's, resulting
in the range of polarization maintaining and polarization
preserving devices listed in the products section of www.cirl.com

Custom precision mechanical devices and electronic control
systems are also a significant part of company history and
current work.

Examples of Development Activities are included in www.cirl.com

Company Details

Year Established: 1975

Total Sales ($CDN): $1,000,000 - $5,000,000

Number of Employees: 15

Company Information

Michael Failes
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
Telephone: (905) 332-1353
Fax: (905) 332-1808

Products

Optical Apparatus/Instruments Nes

Non-contact Displacement Sensor
Turn key instrument for remote measurement of displacement and surface scanning. The instrument finds application in vibration analysis and the precise micromeasurement of surface roughness and profiling.

Fibre Optics
Fiber optic components, particularly in polarization maintaining fibers. Develop and manufacture low loss evanescent wave devices such as couplers, WDM's, fiber polarizers, polarization splitters, variable ratio couplers, fiber optic interferometers, fiber optic coupler arrays (splice free). R&D services available on a contract basis. We are pleased to quote on special assemblies to meet customers' specifications.

Optics (fiber)

Polarizers (fiber Optic)

Laser Diode Drivers

Sensors

Spectrum Analysis

Controllers

Interferometers

Coupler Systems

Components (fiber Optic)

Fiber Optic Products & Services

Services