Corning Introduces Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Module.Business Editors CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001 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) ) today introduced a reconfigurable optical add/drop module with applications in metro and long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. networks. The Corning(R) PurePath(TM) Wavelength Access Module (WAM WAM - Intermediate language for compiled Prolog, used by the Warren Abstract Machine. "An Abstract Prolog Instruction Set", D.H.D. Warren, TR 309, SRI 1983. ) provides wavelength access ranging from 1 to 12 channels. It can be remotely configured to allow individual wavelengths to be added to, dropped from, or passed through a network node (networking) network node - (node) An addressable device attached to a computer network. If the node is a computer it is more often called a "host". . The reconfigurable optical add/drop capability enables fast provisioning in carrier networks and saves carriers the expense of rolling a truck to the network node. "This exceptionally low-loss optical add/drop module enables dynamic transparent networking in long haul or metro applications," said Tom Lynch, product-line manager for optical networking devices at Corning Incorporated. "It's one of a broad array of products that Corning is developing to enable wavelength managed services." The Wavelength Access Module features thin film filter technology from Corning NetOptix. It offers exceptional uniformity and reliability. Its low-loss performance provides greater system design flexibility and is optimal for applications where maintaining high power in the through path is critical. In addition to thin-film filter technologies, Corning is developing optical add/drop and optical switching products based on liquid crystal and MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. technologies. Corning's Optical Networking Devices division brings together a portfolio of technologies and design capabilities that enable wavelength-managed services. Corning's leading-edge optical networking components and modules make optically transparent, reconfigurable networks possible through the development of programmable, optical add/drop and cross-connect modules. 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 and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. Corning's revenues in 2000 were $7.1 billion. |
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