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To: pat mudge who wrote (1529)	6/1/2000 1:57:00 AM
From: peggylynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3951

Netherlands plant. I don't know which components are made there so if you or anyone else knows, I'd be interested. I'm also curious what's being made in Australia. Pat - Thanks for the FreeEdgar link. If KK mentioned what specific product/part it was that was giving them fits in the Netherlands I'm afraid I don't recall it. - peggylynn Here is the list of things that were being made by Philips in the Netherlands and Indx in Australia when JDSU acquired them. I didn't find anything with a more current listing of products: jdsu.com San Jose, California, April 21, 1998? Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ:UNPH) announced the signing of a letter of intent with Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands to acquire Philips Optoelectronics B.V., a Philips business unit based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Philips Optoelectronics designs, develops, manufactures and markets high performance semiconductor lasers, photodiodes and components for telecommunications, CATV, multimedia, and printing markets. ... Product Background High capacity fiber optic networks require five major categories of components. Semiconductor lasers are the light sources for the signals transmitted along the fiber at wavelengths of 1310nm or 1550nm. In addition, semiconductor pump lasers provide the energy for increasing transmission signal strength when used as part of an optical fiber amplifier. Modulators impart the information to the laser signal being transmitted through the use of alternative modulation methods: direct, whereby the laser is switched on and off, and external, in which a continuous light beam from the laser is interrupted by a modulation material to create the light sequence necessary for the signal. For very long distances (more than 600 kilometers), WDM systems employ lithium niobate, and for shorter distances semiconductor lasers with integrated electro-absorption modulators are typically used. Amplifiers boost the light signal to increase the distance the signal can travel. Two forms of amplification can be used ? erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, pumped by 980nm and 1480nm lasers, and gallium arsenide semiconductor amplifiers. Fiber technology ensures accurate and consistent wavelength spacing. In dense WDM systems the fiber technology of choice is fiber Bragg gratings. Receivers using gallium indium arsenide photodiodes ensure quality reception of the signal at its destination. Uniphase currently provides the majority of the world?s volume of 980nm semiconductor laser pumps and lithium niobate modulators and the Company is establishing production of fiber Bragg gratings. With the addition of the Philips Optoelectronics product lines the Company?s product portfolio would include all of the components described above. The Philips Optoelectronics portfolio includes 1550nm, 1310nm and 1480nm lasers, electro absorption modulators, semiconductor optical amplifiers and receivers. In addition, the Philips Optoelectronics unit manufactures visible light lasers for markets served by the Uniphase Lasers Division. Philips Optoelectronics History and Capabilities Philips commenced research in gallium aluminum arsenide lasers at the Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven in 1971. By 1978, development of semiconductor lasers for optical disk systems was underway. In 1980, Philips commenced telecommunications laser research on 1310nm lasers, and began manufacturing these devices for commercial use in 1985. In 1992, Philips Optoelectronics became the supplier of high-speed telecommunication lasers for the world?s first commercial 2.5 gigabits/second SDH systems at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Philips Optoelectronics research into semiconductor optical amplifiers resulted in its being awarded the Photonics Circle of Excellence Award in 1996. Today Philips Optoelectronics is a leading supplier of laser technology to both the telecommunications and CATV markets and is regarded as one of the leading laser research organizations in the world. The Philips Optoelectronics website is located at www.be.philips.com/opto. Philips Optoelectronics Manufacturing Capabilities Integrated semiconductor wafer fabrication facility using MOVPE process technology, with a new wafer fabrication facility under construction Packaging assembly lines and testing facilities ISO9001 qualified since 1994 Advanced logistics: flexible handling of full DWDM range World Class Manufacturing jdsu.com Uniphase Invests in Indx: a Technology Leader in Fiber Bragg Gratings for WDM Applications San Jose, Calif., August 27, 1997-- Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ:UNPH) today announced that it has agreed to invest in Indx, a leader in fiber optic reflection filters (fiber bragg gratings) for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) applications. Uniphase will acquire 49% of Indx with options to acquire the remainder. Indx is based in Sydney, Australia and is managed by Dr. Simon Poole, a co-inventor of the erbium-doped fiber optic amplifier (EDFA). Indx was formed in 1995 as a subsidiary of Australian Photonics Pty Limited, the technology marketing and licensing company of the Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre. Indx has a broad base of technology, products and licenses in fiber bragg gratings and maintains a close relationship with the Australian Photonics CRC. Fiber bragg gratings (FBG) are a key enabling technology for the WDM marketplace. FBG are narrowband reflection filters permanently written into the core of single-mode optical fibers that enable the type of wavelength precision that is necessary for WDM systems to successfully combine, control and route multiple "colors" of light within a single optical fiber. FBG act as fine optical filters that can select a wavelength with a precision of ñ0.02 nm. Indx employs a proprietary grating fabrication and packaging process that provides the necessary flexibility to meet a wide variety of demanding communications applications. In addition to narrowband filters, Indx is developing state-of-the-art grating-based dispersion-compensation modules for WDM communications. "There is significant synergy between the technologies of Indx and our own modulator, amplifier and transmitter products. We believe that the opportunity for gratings is similar to that which existed when we launched our external modulators," said Uniphase chairman, Kevin Kalkhoven...

To: pat mudge who wrote (1529)	6/1/2000 8:06:00 AM
From: Curtis E. Bemis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3951

Uniphase-Netherlands, UNL, acquired from Phillips, does WDM lasers and lasers for CATV. Here is a brief snippet- JDSU Holland (UNL) (formerly Philips Lasers) - Simply the best. Uniphase Holland manufactures telecom lasers for dense WDM and high power applications 1300-1555 nm ITU grid. In addition they manufacture high power low distortion analog lasers for the CATV industry. A more complete description is given in the Annual Report, page 23 of the online PDF version- jdsunph.com