Aktiwave offers customized optical components, Intellectual property analysis and consulting services in the areas of optical technologies to include diagnostics for ultrafast and telecommunications systems, and optical components with spatially varying transmission such as beam shapers, apodizers and coronagraphs for laser engineering, imaging, optical testing, and astronomy. The firm's beam shapers and coronagaphs have been used in a large variety of applications ranging from astronomy to laser engineering . The firm's personnel have experience in domains ranging from Optical system design and modeling; Optical pulse diagnostic for ultrafast and telecommunication systems; and Spatial and temporal shaping . The firm recently worked on apodizers for on-chip optical apodization in a biomedical diagnostic.