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To: SPSEIFERT who wrote (1686)	6/12/2000 10:47:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3951

Someone wrote asking about SDL's modules for the higher power systems and the most notable is their Raman RL30. At the recent annual meeting we were told they have a one-year jump on the competition, which means they've had that much lead time in being designed in with the major systems vendors. From SDL's homepage: <<<<< San Jose, California, February 23, 2000-- SDL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDLI) today announced that its revolutionary RL30 Raman fiber laser module family has successfully completed internal qualification to stringent Telcordia standards for fiber amplifiers used in telecommunication systems. Qualifying this technology to the Telcordia standards will give system vendors the ability to use the RL30 in qualified terrestrial Raman amplifiers to meet the expanding demand for telecommunications and Internet bandwidth. The award-winning RL30 product family, originally introduced at the Optical Fiber Conference in 1999, is designed for use in advanced dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) systems that utilize distributed Raman amplification. The RL30 fiber laser employs cladding pumped fiber technology which differs from today?s erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), allowing higher power for longer transmission distances or higher data rates. The RL30 product family is currently being used in undersea systems, one of SDL?s fastest growing communications markets. Evaluation by terrestrial telecommunications systems customers has continued in parallel with the qualification process. Qualification to the Telcordia standard is significant since it demonstrates that the high power cladding pumped RL30 fiber technology can meet the rigorous reliability standards of telecommunications applications. The product qualification was based on Telcordia GR-1312-CORE, "Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber Amplifiers and Proprietary DWDM Systems" and consists of tests designed to confirm the reliability of the unit and its components. According to Greg Dougherty, SDL?s Chief Operating Officer, "SDL is on the forefront of pushing this new technology into telecommunications. We believe this qualification is a critical step in enabling our customers to deploy our Raman product lines in volume to address the heavy demand for bandwidth that our customers are experiencing. Customers using distributed Raman amplification are expected to benefit from higher data transmission rates and lower noise which extends the distance telecommunications systems can transmit. Raman amplification is expected to be a key enabling technology that will allow deployment in very high bit rate (40Gb/sec) DWDM systems. In addition, Raman amplification offers the potential of increased system data capacity by allowing amplification between 1300 and 1650 nm, thereby supporting a greater number of wavelength channels. We believe that qualification of this product will spur its use in terrestrial fiber communications systems." 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. <<<<<<