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Press Release
SOURCE: Microvision, Inc.
Lumera to Provide Building Blocks for High Speed All-Optical Networks
Microvision Launches Subsidiary to Commercialize Groundbreaking Platform Technology for High-Performance Fiber-Optic
Components
BOTHELL, Wash., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Microvision, Inc. (Nasdaq: MVIS - news) today announced the formal launch of a subsidiary company, Lumera
Corporation ( www.lumera.com ), that is engaged in the development of high-performance active and passive components for optical networks. The company's
superior optical component technology is based on breakthrough work in proprietary electro-optic polymer materials conducted by the company and its research
partners at the University of Washington.
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Lumera's polymer materials are uniquely engineered at the molecular level to enable active components, such as electro-optic modulators used in fiber-optic
transmission, that feature a combination of the fastest switching speeds with the lowest drive voltages and optical losses in the industry. The company is also applying
its innovative materials engineering to develop novel waveguide amplifiers, low-loss passive devices, ultra-fast photonic packet switches and a variety of integrated
devices featuring both planar (single layer) integration and unique multi-layer structures. The combination of high-bandwidth, low-voltage and integration is a key to
enabling the faster data rates, longer transmission distances and lower costs sought after by network systems providers and network operators, as they roll out the
new generation of all-optical networks to meet explosive demand for communications bandwidth.<<<
>>>There are four predominant themes in the component marketplace right now,'' said Todd McIntyre, Lumera Vice President for business development. ``Faster
speed, more integration, smaller size and lower cost. Lumera has a disruptive technology that can deliver substantial gains in all of these areas. The improved signal
quality and unique gain features offered by our planned products are also important to the industry's objectives of greater transmission distances and all-optical signal
processing.''
``While several companies provide optical components today, they're all based on the same basic materials so none of them really has a fundamental advantage,''
said Microvision's President and CEO, Rick Rutkowski. ``Lumera has established a leadership position with a proprietary platform technology that will enable
components and systems that are not only superior but are also competitively unique. We believe these advantages place the company in an excellent competitive
position.''<<<<
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