Corning Adds Two New Products to its Microlens Portfolio.Business and Technology Editors Optical Fiber Communications 2002 CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ), a leading supplier of optical fiber and components in the telecommunications industry, today announced the addition of two new products to its microlens platform: QuantumFocus(TM) gradient index lens (GRIN) and SMILE(TM) array. Microlenses are vital components in the optical network, typically used to couple light between optical fibers and various active and passive devices. Since Corning's GRIN lens development announcement in December 2001, the qualification process has begun with a select number of potential customers. Initial testing of these lenses, when used to build collimators, showed coupling efficiency that exceeded the industry standard of 0.2dB. Though Corning's initial target included developing the popular 1.8mm GRIN lens, smaller diameter QuantumFocus(TM) gradient index lenses are capable of being produced utilizing Corning's unique material and process. These lenses will be on display in the Corning booth (#3021) at 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, CA March 19-22, 2002. Corning SMILE lens array is fabricated with a unique photolithography process and one of Corning's proprietary photosensitive A material that changes when exposed to light. See photoelectric. glass materials. This patented process enables 0.5dB 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. , and allows flexibility in lens geometry, lens diameter, sag and pattern. SMILE lens arrays are engineered to offer component designers a range of options for arrayed devices, optical switches and cross-connects. "We are pleased to continue to expand our portfolio of enabling microlens technologies," noted James Hollis, Microlens product line manager, Corning Photonic Materials. "With our highly flexible OptiFocus(TM) lensed fiber product line, and the addition of both our silver-based GRIN, and our SMILE technology, we are able to offer our customers tremendous choice and value in terms of their lens options." Corning's Photonic Materials business also supplies Polarcor(TM) and UltraThin ul·tra·thin adj. Very thin. (TM) glass polarizers for use in a variety of active and passive optical components. About Corning Incorporated Established in 1851, Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) creates leading-edge technologies for the fastest-growing markets of the world's economy. Corning manufactures optical fiber, cable and photonic products for the telecommunications industry; and high-performance displays and components for television, information technology and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. Corning revenues for 2001 were $6.3 billion. |
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