SDL And JDS Uniphase Extend Supply Contract Through 2001

San Jose, CA. and Nepean, Ontario. SDL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDLI) and JDS Uniphase (Nasdaq: JDSU; TSE: JDU) announced an extension to their contract through 2001 under which SDL supplies grating-stabilized 980 nm pump lasers to JDS Uniphase for JDS Uniphase s high-performance erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). The contract extension more than doubles the base quantities which were agreed upon in the previous contract.

The SDL grating-stabilized pump laser product line features high power and excellent reliability required for high-performance EDFA designs. With dense wavelength division multimplexing (DWDM) channel counts rising to meet network demand for more bandwidth, SDL s high performance, grating-stabilized pumps are optimized and fully qualified to meet the technical requirements of JDS Uniphase s EDFAs.

JDS Uniphase is a leading supplier of high performance EDFAs, the optical amplifiers essential to the operation of high capacity, high-speed DWDM telecommunications networks. Rapidly growing demand for DWDM-based bandwidth has created a corresponding increase in demand for high performance optical amplifiers and pump lasers.

"This agreement demonstrates the significant value that SDL pumps deliver to leading manufacturers of EDFAs," said Donald R. Scifres, CEO and chairman of SDL, Inc. "SDL has been a leader in developing high power, high-reliability diode lasers for more than 15 years. Our production capability of both the laser diode chips and the modules that house them is among the largest in the industry. We are ramping to meet the expected demand for pumps in both terrestrial and undersea telecommunications systems."

Scifres continued, "The move to higher channel count systems requires more pump laser power, without sacrificing reliability. SDL s pump laser technology is field-proven with more than 500 million device hours of operation. We are pleased to continue our relationship with JDS Uniphase and look forward to meeting their demand for increasing quantities of our high performance pump lasers."

Jozef Straus, Co-Chairman and CEO of JDS Uniphase added, "We are pleased to have SDL as a supplier of 980 nm pump lasers based on the full range of power levels offered with grating stabilization. SDL has been an excellent supplier to us for many years. As we grow to meet market requirements for amplifiers with increased functionality, we look forward to continuing this relationship with SDL as a supplier of highly reliable pump lasers with consistent performance."

About SDL SDL s products power the transmission of data, voice and Internet information over fiber optic networks to meet the needs of telecommunications, 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.

About JDS Uniphase JDS Uniphase is a high technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and distributes a comprehensive range of products for the growing fiberoptic communications market. These products are deployed by system manufacturers worldwide to develop advanced optical networks for the telecommunications and cable television industries. JDS Uniphase Corporation is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol JDSU and the exchangeable shares of JDS Uniphase Canada Ltd. are traded on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol JDU. More information on JDS Uniphase is available at www.jdsunph.com.

Statements in this press release which are not historical, including statements regarding JDS Uniphase s or SDL s or their respective management s intentions, strategies, 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 potential applications for SDL pump laser products, the increased benefits they will offer to SDL s customers, the increasing DWDM channel counts, the demand for greater bandwidth and the corresponding increasing demand for high performance pumps and optical amplifiers, and SDL s and JDS Uniphase s ability to meet market demand. It is important to note that SDL s and/or JDS Uniphase s actual results could differ materially from those in any such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include either company s inability to achieve expected power and reliability levels in commercial production quantities, customer qualification or manufacturing of the new product, lack of market acceptance, alternative technologies, competitors products, and the risk factors listed from time to time in SDL s and JDS Uniphase s respective SEC reports including but not limited to, their annual reports on Form 10-K, and their quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

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