Auxora to Demo Tunable Filters for Reconfigurable OADMs.

Business Editors

OFC 2003

BALDWIN PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003

Auxora, Inc., a leader in thin film filter technologies for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) applications, today announced it would demonstrate its new tunable filter designed for Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (ROADM) at the 2003 Optical Fiber Conference (OFC). Auxora will be in Booth #6865 at OFC, which is being held March 25-27 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

The new ROADM tunable filter is based on Auxora's high performance thin film filters that are manufactured using its proprietary NanoCODE(TM) technology. The Auxora ROADM tunable filter features high isolation, wide passband, low insertion loss, excellent thermal stability and long-term reliability, all of which are inherent to thin film filtration technology. Auxora's NanoCODE(TM) technology enables "Non-Blocking," in which tuning between any two channels is achieved without disturbing channels in between them -- a critical requirement for ROADM applications.

Also in display in Auxora's booth include another tunable filter previously introduced and designed for optical performance monitoring applications. Auxora will also highlight a series of new, fixed wavelength, thin film filters including high isolation 100 GHz, low CD 100 GHz, 4-skip-0 and other high performance band splitters and Tri-Band (1310/1490/1550 nm) WDM filters specially designed for voice/data/video for Fiber-To-The-Home applications.

"Thin film filters have been widely deployed in telecommunication networks and have been proven to be a reliable and high performance technology. All the products exhibited by Auxora at OFC 2003 showcase the flexible, modular and scalable nature of our thin film filter technology," said Dr. Xinxiong Zhang, Auxora's President and CEO. "The introduction of these products demonstrates Auxora's commitment to develop and commercialize next generation thin film filter technology that meets the growing need for more precise and cost efficient wavelength management and control in optical networks," Zhang concluded.

About Auxora, Inc.

Auxora, Inc. provides wavelength management and control solutions for the optical communications industry through its proprietary NanoCODE(TM) technology. Its current products include tunable filters, DWDM filters (50 GHz and 100 GHz), and specialty thin film filters such as Gain Flattening Filters and high performance band splitters. Auxora is currently serving over 30 public and private customers in the U.S. and abroad. The Company was founded in January 2000 with funding from Rustic Canyon Ventures (www.rusticcanyon.com) and Intel Capital (www.intel.com/capital). Auxora is located at 4750 Littlejohn Street, Baldwin Park, CA 91706. For more information on Auxora, please visit www.auxora.com.

Contact: Jack Latchinian, Manager of Sales & Marketing of Auxora, Inc., [phone], [e-mail]