Cierra Photonics, Inc. of Santa Rosa, Calif., is an emerging leader in wafer scale integration technology for fiber optic components.

Cierra was founded in February 2000 by former Optical Coating Laboratory Inc. executives Glenn Yamamoto and Mike Scobey. Yamamoto is chairman and CEO of Cierra, and Scobey is president and chief technology officer.

Cierra is developing a series of optical components derived from wafer scale integration, relying initially on its newly developed Advanced Energetic Deposition (AED) process.