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Qusion Technologies Announces Breakthrough With World's First Wide Optical Bandwidth Electro-Absorption Modulator Based On Indium Phosphide

Source: Qusion Technologies

Offers Fiber Optics Industry Unique Combination of Wide Bandwidth, Low Cost, Reduced Package Size and High Manufacturing Yields

North Brunswick, NJ. Qusion Technologies, a component manufacturer driving monolithic integration of optical components, announced a major breakthrough with the development of the world s first wide optical bandwidth EA modulator using Indium Phosphide (InP).

Qusion s inaugural product, the QEM1001, with a bandwidth of over 40nm covering the C-Band, allows system operators to take full advantage of widely tunable lasers while reaping the benefits of InP such as low cost, low voltage and small size.
The QEM 1001 helps optical network equipment vendors and systems operators better leverage recent strides in DWDM optical networks. Its wide bandwidth makes it possible to reduce the number of individual components while at the same time offering vendors improved packaging and economics.

The breakthrough is based on Qusion s advances in developing proprietary material technologies and manufacturing processes that deliver highly manufacturable, lower cost components. Qusion has demonstrated a world-class propagation loss of 0.5dB/mm with these technologies.

The QEM1001 represents a milestone in Qusion s goal of delivering monolithically integrated optical components. Qusion is currently in the process of raising a second round of funding to speed continuing development and commercialization of integrated InP modules.

The QEM1001, intended for 10 Gb/s transmitter products and designed for use in Metro Area Network (MAN) applications, also features a high extinction ratio in excess of 20dB. Selected customers are beginning alpha trials of the product.

Our innovations in material design, growth and Indium Phosphide processing have resulted in unprecedented performance and manufacturability, says Fred Rappaport, founder and Chairman of Qusion Technologies. This allows us to offer components that offer not only better performance, but at a greatly reduced size and cost relative to current solutions.

The QEM1001 is the first in a series of wide optical bandwidth modulators and signal control components, says Phillip Wallace, President and CEO of Qusion Technologies. Our wide bandwidth allows operation over a wide range of ITU grid wavelengths, making this modulator a perfect fit for tunable lasers in any system.

Samples of the QEM1001 will be available in die form in February, 2002. Production quantities will be available in May 2002.

About Qusion Technologies

Qusion is using the most advanced manufacturing techniques and materials to create integrated optical devices with industry leading performance providing tremendous customer value. Qusion offers cost-effective integrated solutions for 10 and 40Gb/s systems that increase functionality by enabling systems developers to simplify network architectures, minimizing engineering and field service management.

Contact: Fusion Public Relations, New York Nick Ludlum, 212/651-4214 nick.ludlum@fusionpr.com

Fusion Public Relations, New York
Nick Ludlum, 212/651-4214
nick.ludlum@fusionpr.com
E-mail: nick.ludlum@fusionpr.com
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