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SDL, Inc. Announces New Micro-Amplifier C-Band EDFA Module

Source: SDL, Inc.

High Volume Production of Micro-Amplifier Modules Expected to Provide Low Cost, High Efficiency Amplification in DWDM Long Reach and Metro System Architectures

SAN JOSE, Calif. SDL, Inc. announced today the introduction of a new product line of low cost, small form factor erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) for use in Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) fiber optic transmission networks. The SDL MA-C series is designed to provide cost effective amplification at specific points in the network to increase flexibility in deployments. The company is presently ramping volume shipments of this product to a number of customers.

These micro-amplifiers are well suited to boost individual DWDM channels at the transmitter, as well as pre-amplify signals at the receiver to increase effective distances or to better handle increasing bit rates. The SDL MA-C series can also be used to amplify single channels at an optical switch or wavelength router to compensate for losses effectively making transparent switching possible.

The micro-amplifier module delivers stable and reliable power to meet the stringent temperature requirements in a small form factor package. This enables next generation DWDM system engineers both design and architecture flexibility. The MA-C series is powered by SDL 980 nm pump modules that utilize the new high performance SDL 6540 980 nm chips.

According to Gregory P. Dougherty, chief operating officer of SDL, ``The new SDL micro-amplifier series directly addresses recent customer requests for low cost, power efficient EDFAs in a small form factor to enable a new generation of DWDM system architectures. The new all-optical network architectures are being driven by higher bit rates, transparent switching and wavelength routing. We anticipate this offering is the first in a series of micro-amplifier products that will address the expanding requirements of all optical network architectures. For example, micro-amplifiers are expected to be used in high volumes to compensate for losses in optical switches and multiplexors in next generation all-optical networks. This first EDFA in the SDL MA-C series uses SDL s well established 980 nm pump module and chips that are in high volume production for both terrestrial and submarine applications to provide low cost, high efficiency and small form factor amplifiers.

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 suitability of the new micro-amplifier product to provide cost effective and high efficiency amplification by increasing effective distances or better handling increasing bit rates, the product s expected use in high volumes, the ramp in volume shipments of the new product, its ability to deliver stable and reliable power to meet the stringent temperature requirements in a small form factor package, and the company s expectations that this module is the first in a series of micro-amplifier products for all-optical network architectures that it will offer. 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 product s failure to meet specifications in field use, or to meet customer qualification, failure to manufacture in high volume, or to achieve cost effective manufacturing of the new product, possible lack of market acceptance of the new product, alternative technologies, competitors newly introduced 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 December 31, 1999, and the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2000.

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.

 


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