ADC Adds New Anywave Tunable Laser with Built-In Wavelocker; Building Tunable Laser with Wavelocker in Volume for Commercial Use; New Laser Designed to Ensure Wavelength Stability.Business Editors & Technology Writers Optical Fiber Communications 2002 MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2002 ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. (Nasdaq:ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ; www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber , network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, today announced the availability of its new NYW-60-B tunable laser. The newest addition to ADC's Anywave(TM) tunable laser family features an integrated wavelength locker and proprietary control algorithm, as well as all drive and control electronics in a compact, board-mountable package. The new tunable and other ADC optical components will be on display at booth number 3500 at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit (OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference ) 2002 in Anaheim, Calif., March 17 - 22. "ADC is the only optical component manufacturers that can build a widely tunable laser with a built-in wavelength locker in volume for commercial use," said Rick Masloski, vice president and general manager of photonics for ADC. "Our customers recognize that ADC's tunable lasers are among the very best available and the new features of the NYW-60-B are designed to ensure wavelength stability over the life of the laser." The smallest format in the industry, ADC's NYW-60-B tunable laser is the first widely tunable semiconductor laser with a wavelength locker integrated into the butterfly package, which can work with any frequency grid within the tuning range (full C-band). In addition, it supports up to 80 factory calibrated cal·i·brate tr.v. cal·i·brat·ed, cal·i·brat·ing, cal·i·brates 1. To check, adjust, or determine by comparison with a standard (the graduations of a quantitative measuring instrument): output wavelength in the erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) window of 1529 to 1561 nanometers. The unit supports fast, simple selection of any International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. ) channel or custom frequency from 192.1 to 196.0 Terahertz ter·a·hertz n. Abbr. THz One trillion (1012) hertz. Noun 1. terahertz - one trillion periods per second THz via its parallel interface. The unit features tuning of less than two milliseconds from any channel to any channel. The NYW-60-B features a unique software algorithm to ensure long-term stability of the output, meeting the telecommunication industry's demand of a 20-plus year lifetime. Built around ADC's monolithic four-section GCSR GCSR Grand Canyon South Rim (Arizona) GCSR Grating-Coupled Sampled Reflector laser, it is part of ADC's Anywave laser family, which uses proven semiconductor laser technology, and includes an innovative, widely tunable semiconductor laser chip whose emission wavelength can be tuned over the entire 1529-1561 nanometer band. Lasers that emit in this band can be optically amplified with EDFAs and are used in wavelength division multiplexed (WDM (1) (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) A technology that uses multiple lasers and transmits several wavelengths of light (lambdas) simultaneously over a single optical fiber. ) fiber optic communication systems. The NYW-60-B is Telcordia qualified for provisional use by October 2002 and will be available in high quantities beginning this summer. ADC's Tunable Laser Leadership Telecom providers continue to face the challenge of trying to deploy high-bandwidth networks at increasingly competitive costs. Tunable lasers are sold to systems vendors whose solutions help telecom carriers to reduce network operating costs associated with these deployments and provide a critical catalyst in promoting the growth of all-optical networks. ADC entered the tunable laser market in 2000 and became the first company to deploy tunable lasers in a field environment. ADC was also the first optical component maker in the world to commercially ship a tunable laser. With its new vertically integrated facility in Jarfalla, Sweden now online, ADC also becomes the first manufacturer to commercially build tunable lasers in volume in a non-lab environment. About ADC ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC tailors high-quality, custom solutions of network equipment, fiber optics, software and systems integration services that enable communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet, data, video and voice services to consumers and businesses worldwide. ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT) has operations in nearly 100 countries and is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq 100 Index Nasdaq 100 Index A market-capitalization-weighted index of the largest and most active nonfinancial domestic and international issues listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. . Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com. |
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