Corning Introduces High Performance Wideband Polarizer; One Polarizer for Both 1310 and 1550 nm Wavelengths.CORNING, N.Y. -- 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) ), an industry leader in glass polarizers for telecommunications applications, today announced the launch of Polarcor(TM) W I D E band(TM), a solid glass polarizer polarizer an appliance for polarizing light. with high performance in both the 1310 and 1550nm wavelengths. This unique polarizer, a keystone component in polarization-dependent optical isolators, allows customers to minimize inventory complexity and costs by maintaining only one product for the two operating wavelengths. The silver-based polarizer, manufactured using a patented process, absorbs unwanted light to create a linearly polarized A one-way direction of a signal or the molecules within a material pointing in one direction. light with high extinction ratio In telecommunications, extinction ratio ( r e ) is the ratio of two optical power levels, of a digital signal generated by an optical source, e.g., a laser diode, where P 1 and transmission. Since Polarcor is a solid glass product it is extremely resistant to chemical, physical, and thermal damage while exhibiting excellent optical properties. Polarcor W I D E band polarizing glass maintains superior performance from 1275 to 1635 nanometers. Products with an antireflection coating have a contrast ratio exceeding 50dB, transmittance greater than 98% and reflectance less than 0.2%. "Polarcor W I D E band polarizing glass compliments Corning's other polarizer product offerings which include standard Polarcor(TM) and Polarcor(TM) UltraThin ul·tra·thin adj. Very thin. (TM) polarizing glass products," stated Tara Dowdell, Corning Polarcor product line manager. "Polarcor W I D E band polarizing glass is the first of its kind in the industry and offers customers a significant advantage with regard to inventory management and reduced cost and complexity. We remain committed to the continued improvement, expansion and protection of the Polarcor product line, as it has served our customers reliably for over two decades." Corning holds a number of patents and patent applications on polarization-related products and methods of manufacture, including one related to an ion-exchange process. Patents surrounding Polarcor W I D E band polarizing glass have been granted. Corning's long history of innovation, coupled with our expertise in materials science materials science Study of the properties of solid materials and how those properties are determined by the material's composition and structure, both macroscopic and microscopic. and optics enables the continued development of these new and exciting products. Corning's entire Photonic Materials product portfolio, including polarizing glass, specialty fibers, GRIN lenses, lensed fibers, miniature collimators and other specialty materials, will be on exhibit during the Optical Fiber Conference March 8 - 10 in Anaheim, California. For more information, visit the Corning booth (#2201) during the show or Corning's website at: www.corning.com/photonicmaterials/. About Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is a diversified technology company that concentrates its efforts on high-impact growth opportunities. Corning combines its expertise in specialty glass, ceramic materials, polymers and the manipulation of the properties of light, with strong process and manufacturing capabilities to develop, engineer and commercialize significant innovative products for the telecommunications, flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time , environmental, semiconductor, and life sciences industries. |
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