Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. Announces the Release of the Filter-Leaver for Long Haul and Metro Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2001 Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFOP AFOP Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. AFOP Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs AFOP Association Française des industries de l'Optique et de la Photonique AFOP and for other purposes AFOP acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia ), a leading supplier of fiber optic components and integrated modules for the optical network equipment market, today announced the release of an all-passive Filter-Leaver(TM) for long-haul, regional and metro DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing system applications. The Filter-Leaver is made possible by AFOP's patent pending v-collimator(TM) thin-film filter technology. This completely passive filter solution allows for modular expansion of the optical network to over 160 channels. AFOP's Filter-Leaver is used to divide the C-Band or L-Band into ten sub-bands without interrupting a single channel. Each sub-band can contain eight 50 GHz channels, four 100 GHz channels, two 200 GHz channels or any combination, in a complementary modular format. The Filter-Leaver offers extensive freedom for scaling the DWDM network without sacrificing a single channel. AFOP's Filter-Leaver features include high isolation, high wavelength accuracy and stability, low insertion loss The amount of loss attributed to a particular device being used in (inserted into) the system. For example, a circuit added to filter out unwanted frequencies may reduce the output current by some amount. See injection loss. , high directivity, an epoxy-free optical path, and low polarization dependent loss. AFOP's Filter-Leaver is available packaged in a LGX LGX Logistics LGX Light Guide Cross-connect LGX Linux / GNU / X LGX Light Guide Crossconnect (Ciena) (R) module or a board mount cassette with fiber pigtails. AFOP also offers custom wavelengths, channel configurations and packaging of its Filter-Leaver upon request. About AFOP Founded in 1995, Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of high performance fiber optic components and integrated modules. AFOP's products are used by leading and emerging communications equipment manufacturers to deliver optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. systems to the rapidly growing long-haul, metropolitan and last mile access segments of the communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. . AFOP offers a broad product line of passive optical components including interconnect systems, couplers and splitters, thin film DWDM components and modules, fixed and variable optical attenuators, and depolarizers. AFOP is headquartered in Sunnyvale with manufacturing and product development capabilities in the United States, Taiwan and China. AFOP's website is located at http://www.afop.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements as to the expected availability, features and benefits of the Filter-Leaver, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, manufacturing difficulties, possibly delays in the release of other products, the impact of competitive products, and other risks detailed from time to time in AFOP's SEC reports, including its Annual Report or Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2000. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. AFOP disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Note to Editors: LGX is a registered trademark of Lucent Technologies, Inc. Other marks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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