SDL Announces New High-Speed Integrated Modulator/Attenuator Incorporates Dual Functionality in a Single Module at 10 Gb/s Data Rates
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- SDL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDLI) expands its
offering of integrated optical modules with the 9189 Series integrated
modulator/attenuator for use in fiber optic transmission networks operating at OC-192
data rates of 10 Gb/s. The innovative 9189 Series combines the functions of optical
modulation and attenuation in a single fiber coupled module. Optical modulators are used
in SDH, SONET and DWDM fiber optic transmission networks to encode data on the
transmitted optical signal. Attenuators are required to set the transmitted optical power
to the appropriate level for a specific network configuration. The 9189 Series combines
both functions by utilizing SDL's advanced integrated waveguide technology and high
reliability optoelectronic packaging capability.
The 9189 Modulator/Attenuator is designed to meet the growing demand for high
performance components at 10 Gb/s data rates in long haul fiber optic networks. The 9189
Series accommodates a wide range of transmission wavelengths allowing a single product to
be used at any wavelength in the L- or C-Band range of erbium doped fiber amplifiers.
The 9189 integrated module also features continuously tunable attenuation to accommodate
variable network configuration requirements. Both functions are achieved in a single
lithium niobate chip with two separately addressable waveguide sections packaged in a
hermetic module with fiber input and output. The fiber coupled module has been tested
according to the rigorous reliability requirements of Bellcore GR-468-CORE. Evaluation
units are available now with volume shipments scheduled to begin in late Q1 2000.
According to Michael Murphy, Product Marketing Manager for SDL Integrated Optics, "The
9189 highlights the value of optoelectronic integration. By combining multiple functions
on a single chip, overall performance is increased while total cost is reduced. With
this product we've successfully leveraged our experience in lithium niobate waveguide
design to meet both modulation and attenuation functional requirements at 10 Gb/s data
rates over a wide range of signal wavelengths."
SDL's products power the transmission of data, voice and Internet information over
fiber optic networks to meet the needs of telecommunications, dense wavelength division
multiplexing (DWDM), cable television and satellite communications applications. They
enable customers to meet the bandwidth needs of increasing Internet, data, video and
voice traffic by expanding their fiber optic communications networks much more quickly
and efficiently than would be possible using conventional electronic and optical
technologies. SDL's optical products also serve a variety of non-communications
applications, including materials processing and printing. Additional information about
SDL, Inc. is available on the Internet at www.sdli.com .
Statements in this press release which are not historical including statements
regarding SDL's or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations,
representations, projections, plans or predictions of the future are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Such statements include statements regarding the potential applications for the 9189
Series products, the ability of the 9189 Series products to meet both modulation and
attenuation functional requirements over a wide range of signal wavelengths more
economically, the increasing demand for high performance components at 10 Gb/s data rates
in the long haul fiber optic networks market, and the company's anticipated date for
volume shipments for the 9189 integrated module. It is important to note that the
Company's actual results could differ materially from those in any such forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include
customer qualification or manufacturing of the new product, lack of market acceptance,
alternative technologies, competitors' products, and the risk factors listed from time to
time in the Company's SEC reports including but not limited to, the annual report on Form
10-K and 10-K/A for the year ended January 1, 1999, and the quarterly reports on Form
10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 1999.
For more information on SDL, Inc. at no cost, please call 800-PRO-INFO (U.S.) or
732-544-2850 (Int'l), ticker SDLI.
/CONTACT: Donald R. Scifres, Chairman and CEO, or Michael L. Foster, VP Finance and
CFO, both of SDL, Inc., 408-943-9411; or general info, Lisa Horn Chainey, investors,
Susan Katz, or media, Scott Marx, all of the Financial Relations Board, 415-986-1591/
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