SAN JOSE, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- SDL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDLI) today
announced two new high-powered telecommunications grade optical amplifiers for
use in dense wavelength division multiplex (DWDM) systems, metro free-space
transmission and Cable TV (CATV) systems. The FM30-1 cladding pumped fiber
optical amplifier is designed to provide 1 Watt of optical power through a
single fiber and the FM30-8 amplifier is designed to provide 800 mW of optical
power split among eight fibers. These amplifiers utilize SDL's proprietary 1
Watt multi-mode pump modules as well as the same fiber technology that is used
in the SDL RL30 family of telecommunication qualified Raman fiber lasers.
"The FM30-1 is a major advance in high power optical amplification for
telecommunications applications," said Gregory P. Dougherty, chief operating
officer for SDL, Inc. "The FM30-1 offers up to 1 Watt (30 dBm) of output
power versus typical telecom grade EDFAs which only provide up to 200 mW of
output power. Cladding pumped fiber technology used in the FM30-1 is expected
to provide higher optical power more economically than existing technology,
further enabling networks to increase capacity. This 1 Watt fiber amplifier
is designed for applications where high power amplification is required to
extend transmission distance such as repeaterless submarine systems,
single-span terrestrial links, or in metro free-space transmission
applications."
The FM30-8 enables new advances in high power optical amplification
architectures for broadband CATV distribution systems. Typically, a single
erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is required to provide amplification to
each receiver location. The FM30-8 allows the system designer to use one
amplifier module to transmit amplified broadband data to eight receiver
locations. This split output amplifier is designed for applications requiring
the distribution of data to multiple locations such as broadband CATV
transmission. The amplifiers are designed to provide up to 33 dB of gain in
the 1545-1560 nm range, with a gain flatness of 1.5 dB and typical noise
figure of 5 dB.
Dougherty continued, "The FM30 family relies on SDL's heritage of
providing high-power solutions for optical communication applications. By
leveraging our experience in providing extremely reliable, high-power optical
amplification solutions, SDL is again bringing another exciting new fiber
optic technology to the fiber communications market."
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 http://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 ability of the FM-30 family of products to provide higher power more
economically and their ability to enable new designs in amplification
architectures. 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 the
company's inability to achieve expected power and manufacturing cost levels in
commercial production quantities, customer qualification 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.
SOURCE SDL, Inc.
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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, 415-986-1591, all of The
Financial Relations Board for SDL, Inc.
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