JDSU Redefines Optical Amplifier Market with New Photonic Integrated Amplifier Platform
September 22 2008 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Radical New Approach to EDFA Design to Provide NEMs with Solution
that is up to 50 Percent Smaller and Flexible to Support All
Amplification Needs within DWDM Networks MILPITAS, Calif. and
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JDSU(R)
(Nasdaq: JDSU; TSX: JDU) today announced that it has taken a new
approach towards the optical amplifier market by developing the
first photonic integrated amplifier (PIA) platform. The PIA
platform will replace up to 50 discrete components with a single
chip and will be up to 50 percent smaller than current solutions.
Leveraging more than a decade of integration experience, JDSU is
using its erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) capabilities,
combined with Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) technology, 980
nanometer (nm) pump lasers and optical component technology to
create the new amplifier platform. Optical amplifiers are critical
elements that re-energize weakened network signals traveling long
distances over optical communications systems. As the use of voice,
video and data applications continues to grow and drive higher
network traffic levels, Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEMs) and
service providers are under constant pressure to continue improving
their networks to support bandwidth demands in a cost-effective and
space efficient way. The new PIA platform will be the first
reconfigurable amplifier solution that can be used for a variety of
amplifier functions, making it possible for NEMs to use the
solution either as a booster amplifier at transmit locations, as a
pre-amplifier at receiver sites, or as an in-line amplifier in
between locations that transmit and receive optical signals within
a network. The smaller size of the PIA platform will allow NEMs to
put more functionality into a single network element, saving
valuable real estate. Having an interchangeable product will also
simplify product sparing, ordering, and tracking previously
required by NEMs to support different network amplification needs.
The PIA will also be used as a critical building block for the AON
Super Transport Blade, JDSU's all-in-one single slot blade solution
for optical transport. The improved functionality of the new PIA
platform will extend the reach of current transponder technology 15
to 35 percent further than current amplifier solutions, reducing
the amount of costly regenerators required to keep optical signals
strong as they travel throughout a network. "Integration has long
been touted as a possible path to lower costs in optical
communications, but most resulting products have fulfilled either
technology or performance needs," said Daryl Inniss, VP and
Practice Leader at Ovum. "The JDSU PIA platform appears to be based
on applying integration to lower the cost of amplifiers, along with
providing higher performance and flexibility. That is pretty
powerful." "Until now, the basic technology for optical amplifiers
hadn't changed significantly over the past decade," said Jy
Bhardwaj, vice president and general manager of Agile Optical
Networks in the Optical Communications business segment of JDSU.
"JDSU has leveraged its functional integration approach at the
photonic level to create the new PIA platform. It opens the door
for JDSU and its customers to think of new ways to apply the
solution and add even more functionality." The JDSU PIA platform
will be displayed at JDSU Booth #233 in Hall 7 of the Brussels Expo
Centre during the 2008 European Conference and Exhibition on
Optical Communications (ECOC) in Brussels, Belgium from September
22-24, 2008. The PIA platform is currently being sampled with
customers and will be available in 2009. About JDSU JDSU (NASDAQ:
JDSU; and TSX: JDU) enables broadband and 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. JDSU is also
a 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/. JDSU and the JDSU logo are registered
trademarks or trademarks of JDS Uniphase Corporation and/or its
affiliates in the United States and other countries. Other company
and product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact Information JDSU Investors: Michelle Levine 408-546-4421 or
Press: Noel Bilodeau 408-546-4567 or 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 and technologies
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 press release are made as of the date hereof, and the
Company does not assume any obligation to update or qualify any of
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