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Harmonizing opposing goals: strength and flexibility
Headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, Linden Photonics was founded in 2002. Since then our design specialists have developed a range of miniature, high strength optical fiber, hybrid and specialty copper cables for environments where performance and compact size are critical.
Our story
Born from a naval need for a next generation torpedo tether
Our continually expanding product portfolio started with the simple, yet innovative, design of our STFOC products. We pushed the boundaries of polymeric design and invented the smallest, strongest cable technology. The proprietary, low-cost manufacturing process of our novel jacket materials enables high-reliability deployment in harsh environments.
Since 2002 Linden has grown into a worldwide cable supplier with customers in 34 countries and on all 7 continents — yes, our cables have been used in Antarctica.
From the deepest depths of the ocean to land-based operations, aerospace and satellites, our objective is to provide cost-effective, high-performance cables in all shapes and sizes. Small and buoyant, strong and light, high-temp and radhard: Linden gets you from A to B. If you don’t find what you need in our catalog, contact us for custom, short-run designs.
Milestones
Two decades of hard places
A few moments that shaped what we build.
2002
Linden Photonics is founded
Our design team starts developing miniature, high strength optical cables in Westford, MA.
2005
STFOC answers a Navy brief
Developed under Navy contract as a fiber optic replacement for copper torpedo tether — now used worldwide by several navies.
2022
Shackleton’s Endurance is found
The expedition that located the wreck in the Weddell Sea relied on a Linden fiber optic cable.
2023
STFOC launches toward Jupiter
Linden optical fiber assemblies fly aboard ESA’s JUICE mission, launched 14 April 2023.
Seven continents
From Westford to the Weddell Sea — and on to Jupiter
Customers in 34 countries rely on Linden cable. Spin the globe, or pick a place to follow the link from our headquarters.
Who we work with
Partners to agencies, primes and research labs
Our objective is to be a strategic partner to agencies of the Department of Defense, their prime contractors, oceanographic institutions and advanced technology firms.
Have an application in mind?
Tell us what the cable has to do — the environment, the load, the length — and our engineers will recommend a catalog cable or design one for you. Short runs from 300 m.
