JDSU Announces Breakthrough Laser Architecture; Telecom Grade Single-Emitter Devices Enhance Reliability and Lifetime for Indust
January 24 2006 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JDSU (Nasdaq:
JDSU; TSX: JDU), a leading provider of high precision optical
solutions for industrial applications, today announced the
availability of a laser architecture that offers high precision
solutions for industrial and commercial applications. The
Industrial Diode Laser System (IDL) incorporates multiple
single-emitter diodes combined into a single output fiber, and
provides up to 100 watts of power. This breakthrough laser
architecture heralds a new standard in power, life expectancy,
reliability and beam uniformity. JDSU is showing the latest and
most powerful member of its IDL family, the IDL 100, this week at
Photonics West in Booth number 1621 at the San Jose Convention
Center in San Jose, California. (Logo:
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Single-emitter diodes (available through JDSU's telecom business)
offer the advantage of being pulsed on and off without affecting
lifetime, unlike non-telecom grade bar diodes which have been the
industry norm until now. Telecom grade single-emitter diodes show
lifetimes in excess of 400,000 hours. This compares with bar
diodes, which typically demonstrate lifetimes on the order of ten
thousand hours. While pulsing does not affect telecom-grade diode
lifetime, it can dramatically reduce bar diode lifetimes. Using
multiple devices allows for redundancy and improves thermal
management. Competing 100-watt systems rely on as many as 19 output
fibers, resulting in a lack of beam uniformity. The IDL's single
output fiber offers unprecedented beam quality. Superior lifetime
and reliability, coupled with a uniform, "top hat" beam profile,
are advantages in applications such as selective laser soldering
and plastic welding. JDSU's IDL products are used widely for
plastic welding of exhaust manifolds, key bobs, CV joints,
lightweight plastic gasoline tanks, and many other plastic parts
needed in automobile production. The 100-watt version is expected
to enable plastic welding of components with high glass content,
parts with low absorption, and/or allow for greater production
throughput. "Historically, pulsing has resulted in a dramatic
reduction of lifetime. This has proven not to be the case with
telecom grade diodes," said Phillip Meredith, vice president of
JDSU's Commercial Laser Products Group. "The telecom industry
presents far harsher environmental requirements than the commercial
market. Therefore, leveraging JDSU's telecom expertise gives us an
advantage in developing innovative laser solutions for the
industrial and commercial laser market." "The market for plastics
welding is small but growing by a CAGR of around 25 percent," said
Tom Hausken, an analyst with Strategies Unlimited. "Moreover, JDSU
would do well to focus on additional opportunities in consumer
electronics and medical devices that these lasers could prove ideal
for, such as plastic welding of cell phone covers and pacemaker
components, and in PCB manufacturing where this new class of laser
solution could be used for selective soldering of electronics
components. JDSU clearly has an advantage in this market due to its
diversity as a company. They are basically able to source the
necessary components in house from other business units." About
JDSU JDSU is committed to enabling broadband & optical
innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets.
JDSU is the leading provider of communications test and measurement
solutions and optical products for telecommunications service
providers, cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers.
Furthermore, JDSU is the leading provider of innovative optical
solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor
processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense,
and decorative applications. More information is available at
http://www.jdsu.com/. The statements contained in this press
release that are not purely historical are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. Such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, any
statement or implication that the products described in this press
release (i) will be successfully introduced or marketed, (ii) will
be qualified and purchased by our customers, or (iii) will perform
to any particular specifications or performance or reliability
standards. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that, if realized, could materially impair the
Company's results of operations, business, and financial condition.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (a)
the failure of the products (i) to perform as expected without
material defects, (ii) to be manufactured at acceptable volumes,
yields, and cost, (iii) to be qualified and accepted by our
customers, and (iv) to successfully compete with products offered
by our competitors, and (b) factors discussed from time to time in
reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this news
release are made as of the date hereof, and the Company does not
assume any obligation to update or qualify any of the statements
made herein. Source: JDS Uniphase Corporation. NOTE: JDSU and the
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