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To: Tim Bagwell who wrote (330)	1/7/1998 10:10:00 PM
From: Duane L. Olson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1219

Hello again, Tim.. Good points.. I think a lower linewidth and lower laser noise go hand in hand. The effective filter bandwidth built into the laser is reduced so both linewidth and noise benefit from this... And wouldn't you then agree, that anything which reduces the noise component is going to comparatively increase the effective transmission distance for any given power level?.. Thanks for your continued thoughts on the subject! Finding any interesting new investments? My recent ones are QWST (increase previous investment), CTEC (getting in at 10 1/8, and still buying), LTXX, because of their "Fusion" "System-on-Chip Test Equipment" and finally starting up.. and AFFX, on which I just got a "trigger", up 3 today, wishing I had bought more.. P.S. for Craig... would have said hello, but you appeared to have plenty of company! :-) Duane

To: Tim Bagwell who wrote (330)	1/7/1998 11:00:00 PM
From: Duane L. Olson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1219

Tim, I stumbled across a related item on Laser Power (LPWR).. Turns out, the University of California, San Diego, for their annual "Most Innovative New Products Awards" included two products in the "High Tech Electronics" Category: 1. XLNT Inc.'s Millenium 4000, a fault-tolerant Gigabit Ethernet Switch. 2. Laser Power's (LPWR) lightweight series MLM Microlasers According to another source, LPWR has an excellent reputation in high power lasers (of the CO2 and similar ilk), though he was not familiar with this new, non-DFB solid-state "micro-laser". So for those trying to catch up with the original discussion: biz.yahoo.com Do you have some way of pursuing this further, Tim? There seems to be just enough smoke here that there might also be a little fire... we could use an expert trackdown and assessment, if you time and inclination would permit. Thanks! Duane