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Company Spinning Out Optical Communication Products Division

The board of directors of AdTech Optics, Inc., a privately held corporation, announced today that the company is spinning out its optical communication products division as a new, privately held corporation named D-Tech Optoelectronics.

26 Feb 2008

ColorChip Releases GEPON PX20 for the FTTH Market

ColorChip, a leading developer and provider of fiber optics components based on PLC technology, announced today at the OFC in San Diego, CA the release of GEPON (EPON) PX20 for the FTTH market.

26 Feb 2008

Fiber Laser Leader Secures More than 100 Key U.S. Photonics Patents

IPG Photonics Corporation, the world leader in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, today reported that it has purchased more than 100 key U.S. patents, and their more than 340 foreign counterparts, by acquiring a photonics patent portfolio from British Telecom.

26 Feb 2008

Name Change Reflects Broadening of FTTX Applications Served by OFS

OFS today announced that it is re-launching the Access ADVANTAGE System, as FOX Solution (Fiber Optics to the X). This new name better reflects the broadening diversity of OFS’ FTTX solution for multiple applications.

26 Feb 2008

Revolutionary New Technology Delivers Improved Signal Integrity

Lightwire, Inc., the technology leader in CMOS photonics interconnects, today introduced the industry's first CMOS photonics 10GbE SFP+ LRM optical module, the LSME10XX.

26 Feb 2008

CoreOptics Announces Availability of MLSE Technology for Optical Networks

CoreOptics Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of 40Gbps and 10Gbps optical networking subsystems announced availability of the second generation of its Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (MLSE) technology for deployment in metro/regional optical networks.

25 Feb 2008

Novel Design Enables Double-Patterning-Lithography

In a potential boost to advance lithography, engineers at SEMATECH and Carl Zeiss SMT today announced the completion of their final design for the next generation Photomask Registration and Overlay Metrology system – called PROVE.

25 Feb 2008

New High Power Tunable Laser Generates All Commonly Used Wavelengths

NeoPhotonics, a leading supplier of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based components, modules and subsystems for the telecom and CATV industries, will debut at OFC a new high power tunable laser for DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) networks that has an output power of 40 mW and other features ideal for DQPSK coding and 40 Gbps systems.

25 Feb 2008

Zecotek Announces Manufacturing and Commercialization Agreement

Zecotek Photonics Inc. today announced that Zecotek Laser Systems Singapore Pte Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary, has signed an agreement with Fujikura Ltd, Japan to develop, manufacture and commercialize Zecotek and Fujikura laser products, associated components and systems, including Zecotek’s crystal and fiber based lasers and Fujikura’s infra-red fiber lasers.

25 Feb 2008

New Technology Improves Bending Performance of Optical Cables

Supporting multiple dwelling unit (MDU) and in-home wiring applications, the ground-breaking EZ-Bend Technology addresses the critical need to speed and simplify installations by allowing cables to be bent and routed in ways never before feasible using traditional optical drop cables to facilitate rapid deployment of fiber to and within the residence.

25 Feb 2008