"This year's conference has been the stake in the heart of 3D MEMS switches" — Philip Chapman, president and CEO of OMM Inc.

"Last year there were 900 companies at the show. This year there are 1200. What the industry needs is fewer companies not more." — Paul May, CEO, Kamelian Ltd.

“Look at Ciena. Sprint basically made them.” – Paul Finke, President & CEO, Yafo Networks (See Yafo Scores $22 Million.)

"We don't just bring customers a big fat pipe, we bring them an intelligent fat pipe." — Ashok Krishnamoorthy, CEO, AraLight Inc. (See AraLight Cuts It Short.)

"I'd like it to be tomorrow. The industry is still embryonic. But things are starting to roll now." — David Banitt, CEO of Nano-Or Technologies (See Components: Measure Once, Cut Better.)

OFS: What Fiber Glut? -- 3/21/2002 2:30:00 PM
OFS claims rumors of a fiber glut have been greatly exaggerated

40 Gbit/s: Ready for Prime Time? -- 3/21/2002 10:00:00 AM
Some component and system vendors say 40-Gbit/s technology is ready: Are carriers ready to deploy it?

Cisco's Ullal Talks Optical Future -- 3/21/2002 7:30:00 AM
Cisco's Optical Group VP Jayshree Ullal talks about expansion, consolidation, and hot rods

Li Spoofs Industry at OFC -- 3/20/2002 12:00:00 PM
Lovable ol' Uncle Tingye says: 'Enough with the phantonics, already!'

Corning Fiber Pioneer to Retire -- 3/20/2002 9:30:00 AM
Donald Keck, the last active inventor of low-loss optical fiber, says he's retiring at the end of the month

OFC Party Reviews -- A Light Reading special: Two product managers in the communications industry (who choose anonymity over unemployment) offer their take on the social whirl at this year's OFC.

OFC in Pictures -- 3/22/2002 5:40:00 PM
Check out what our camera caught at OFC.

Bell Labs Busts 40G Barrier -- 3/22/2002 2:00:00 PM
Lucent's research division claims to have sent 64 DWDM channels at 40-Gbit/s across a 4,000km span

Are Tellium and NEC up to Something? -- 3/21/2002 11:00:00 AM
NEC backpeddles after saying it's going to launch a sub-wavelength grooming switch at Supercomm

Lucent Lays on More Lambdas -- 3/20/2002 5:30:00 PM
The vendor's sticking to its optical rollout schedule with LambdaXtreme. Expect more in 2 months

Corvis Upgrades Optical Switch -- 3/20/2002 1:00:00 PM
Corvis and Ciena are both using Corning's technology for their all-optical solutions

Nortel's HDX is Here -- 3/19/2002 5:50:00 PM
Optical switch said to do it all -- Sonet/SDH, grooming, rings, mesh, whatever... Is the timing right?

Ciena Cleans Up OADM -- 3/19/2002 11:30:00 AM
Scottish startup wins investment to develop modulator technology with ultra-low operating voltage

Cisco Demos COMET -- 3/18/2002 9:00:00 AM
Cisco announces two new customers and trots out its optical gear at OFC

Lightscape Spreads East -- 3/1/2002 10:00:00 AM
Lightscape wins China contract and prepares to tout product advances at OFC

Nortel's HDX: The Future Under Fire -- 2/27/2002 4:20:00 PM
Nortel's HDX optical switch is in trials and will show at OFC, but the quiet reception worries some analysts

Iolon and Innovance Deal: Good Omen? -- 2/20/2002 3:30:00 PM
The two high-profile startups are upbeat about market, say more news is on the way

Xtera's New Plan -- 2/19/2002 2:00:00 PM
Xtera prepares to compete in the long-haul DWDM systems business

Bell Labs Sets Transmission Record
White Rock Intros GUI
Mintera Sets Record Distance at 40G
Corvis Upgrades Optical Switch
Meriton Makes Agreements, Wins Award
Lucent Sells LambdaXtreme to DT
Nortel Demos Next-Gen Networks
Lucent, Corning Team on 40-Gig
Touch America to Use Nortel Switch
Vendors Partner for DWDM Demo
Ceyba, Corning Partner on Long-Haul
Alcatel Launches Security App

Essient Makes an Entrance at OFC -- 3/19/2002 11:30:00 AM
Scottish startup wins investment to develop modulator technology with ultra-low operating voltage

Agility Turns Out Tunables -- 3/8/2002 10:50:00 AM
Its widely tunable laser with integrated modulator, on show at OFC, is ready to ship commercially

Xindium Comes Out -- 3/1/2002 5:55:00 PM
At OFC startup will show optical devices and high-speed electronics integrated on one InP chip

Detectors

Sensors-Demeter Unveils Lasers
Emcore Debuts Diode Arrays
OpNext Launches Avalanche
Nova to Demo Laser, Detector
LuxNet Intros Detectors
Nova Crystals to Demo Detector
Xindium Plans InP Chips

Modulators

Oki Intros Modulator
Essient Scores $7M
OptoSpeed Unveils 40-Gig "Front Ends"
Nortel to Demo Transmitter
Codeon Expands Mach-10 Line

Pump Lasers

Quantum Photonics Intros Laser
PowerNetix Debuts Pump Modules
Trio Seal MSA on Pump Lasers
JDSU Unleashes Posse of Products
Blue Sky Rains Components
Comlase Intros Pump Laser
Fitel Releases Laser
LaserSharp Unveils Raman Laser
Corning Pumps Raman Laser
Onetta Ramps Raman Amp
Tunable Lasers

ADC Trumpets Tunable Laser
Blue Sky Rains Components
Tunable, Santur Demo Product Combo
Iolon Unveils Tunable Laser
ADC Announces Tunable Laser
Nortel to Demo Transmitter
Fiberspace Intros Tunable Laser
Agility Intros Lasers
Bandwidth9 Debuts Laser
Intune to Demo Tunable Lasers
Santur Debuts With Laser
Bookham Intros Tunable Laser
Wavelength Lockers

Alcatel Intros Family of Components
Horizon Announces Wavelength Lockers
Digital Optics Showing Three Platforms
Tunable Extends TrueLock
Fibera Unveils Wavelength Lockers
Tunable Photonics Opens Locker

Other Lasers

Ericsson Rolls Out Lasers
Sensors-Demeter Unveils Lasers
Nova to Demo Laser, Detector
Fujitsu, Sumitomo Agree on 10-Gig
AOI Launches Lasers

Lightchip Launches 'AWG Killer' -- 3/20/2002 10:30:00 AM
Could bulk diffraction gratings oust AWGs in high channel-count systems? Lightchip thinks so

Avanex/Oplink Merger: Tip of the Iceberg? -- 3/19/2002 5:30:00 PM
Does this proposed coupling of two passive components firms herald consolidation in the industry?

Agere Favors Thin-Film Filters -- 3/6/2002 5:50:00 PM
It's ditched AWGs in favor of thin-film filters, which it will be displaying at OFC Intel Intros Photonics Unit -- 3/5/2002 10:00:00 AM
Intel enters the passive components business, will show samples at OFC

ProtoDel Pushes Passives -- 2/25/2002 3:00:00 PM
UK company claims it has a platform for making passive components with much improved performance

Wavelength multiplexers

Alcatel Intros Family of Components
Lightchip Intros Mux/Demux
JDSU Unleashes Posse of Products
JDSU Demos Everything
Indigo Photonics Launches Products
Chorum Unveils Line of Products
Scion Offers $100/channel AWGs
Cierra Unveils Packaging Tech
Micron Optics Announces Filters
Auxora Demos Tunable Filters
Alliance Fiber to Intro New Products
Gould Intros Monitor
DiCon Intros 11 New Products
Ibsen Offers Reports

Attenuators

Gemfire Intros VOA Array
JDSU Demos Everything
Chorum Unveils Line of Products
WaveSplitter, Gemfire Show VOA-Mux
Dowslake Releases XPOP
SpectraSwitch Unveils Wave of Products

OFC Is Highly Transponderant -- 3/18/2002 11:00:00 AM
Agilent, Agere, and Vitesse are among the companies with important transponder-related news at OFC

Vitesse Enters Optical -- 3/18/2002 9:30:00 AM
Chip maker announces its first optical products at OFC, the result of its acquisition of Versatile

Ignis Makes Price Promise -- 3/13/2002 5:00:00 PM
Plans to produce Sonet transceivers for a price that's comparable with enterprise optics

AraLight Cuts It Short -- 3/6/2002 4:00:00 PM
Set to unveil its first product at OFC, AraLight is only too glad to come up short on optical modules

Sweden Invades OFC -- 3/6/2002 2:30:00 PM
At OFC, Optillion hopes it can prove that not all Xenpak transceivers are created equal

Xindium Plans InP Chips
10 Vendors for 10 Gig
Nortel Launches DWDM Lasers
Vitesse Releases Transponders
Ignis Intros Transceiver
Paracer Intros MSA-Compliant Widget
NEC, Sumitomo Partner on 10-Gig
Corona Shows OptoCube
Emcore Intros Transceiver
Finisar Debuts Tiny Transceiver
OptoSpeed Unveils 40-Gig "Front Ends"
Paracer Ships Transponder
Agilent Gets Hot-Pluggable
NEC, WaveSplitter Team Up
Luminent Unveils FTTh Transceivers
Kodeos Launches Transponder
Agere Intros Transceivers, Transponders
Optium Touts Tiny Transceiver
JDSU Demos Everything
Broadcom Demos DWDM Transport
Infineon Demos a Trio of Products
Trio Announce 10-Gig MSA
TeraConnect Intros Interconnects
Optium Delivers Tunable Transponders
Bookham Demos Optical Link
OptronX to Demo Transponder
Optium Intros Transponder
Multiplex Upgrades Transponders

Vendors Unveil Amplifier Advances -- 3/21/2002 12:00:00 PM
Metro optical amplifiers were among the most popular items at this year's OFC

Inplane Intros Amplified TDC
IPG Unveils Amp, Test Source
Gemfire Demos Multiport EDFA
JDSU Unleashes Posse of Products
Cisilias Demos Amplifier
Duo Launches New Acronym
Keopsys Launches EDFA
Kamelian Launches First Products
OptoSpeed Unveils 40-Gig "Front Ends"
Optigain Improves EFDAs
Genoa Releases Two Amps
Corning Intros Amplifiers
Teem Intros Amplifiers
MOEC Intros EDWA and VOA
Onetta Announces Metro EDFA
New Focus Intros Tri-Isolator
Bookham, Genoa Show LOA

Corvis Upgrades Optical Switch -- 3/20/2002 1:00:00 PM
Corvis and Ciena are both using Corning's technology for their all-optical solutions

Dynamic Gain Equalizers Diversify -- 3/19/2002 5:00:00 PM
Ciena's new optical add/drop mux illustrates how these widgets can be used in optical switches

Ciena Cleans Up OADM -- 3/19/2002 11:00:00 AM
Ciena says its new system can add and drop wavelengths remotely

Umachines Claims 2D MEMS Advance -- 3/13/2002 10:15:00 AM
Company says it's got a way to make a 3D optical crossconnect that won't fall prey to the Xros syndrome

Movaz Sees 3D -- 3/13/2002 10:15:00 AM
Company says it's got a way to make a 3D optical crossconnect that won't fall prey to the Xros syndrome

JDSU Parades Picky Part -- 3/5/2002 4:00:00 PM
The component maker has unveiled a dynamically-reconfigurable Wavelength Blocker. It's tiny now, but just wait....

Optical Switching Gets Flexible -- 3/1/2002 5:40:00 PM
Components vendors are developing a new generation of small, configurable switches for optical networks UPDATED 3/4 1:30 PM

JDSU: MEMS Aren't Just Memories -- 2/25/2002 5:00:00 PM
JDSU widget that combines DWDM and switching resurrects interest in MEMS. But don't hold your breath

Lynx to Introduce Crossconnect
Clarendon, Micron Announce Multiplexer
Civcom to Demo SFS Tech
Primanex Intros Switching Platform
OMM Shows MEMS Switches
Siemens Integrates OMM's MEMS
ProtoDel Intros All-Optical Shutter
Movaz Debuts All-Optical Switch
Avanex to Feature PowerRouter
AOMEMS Intros Protection Switch
C Speed Shows Optical Architecture
Vitesse Demos Switch
Onix to Demo Reconfigurable OADM
Lynx to Preview OADM
Analog Devices Expands MEMS Biz
Civcom Unveils Switch
JDSU Demos Everything
IMMI Intros Crossconnect
Lambda Shows Switches
Corvis Upgrades Optical Switch
Coventor, Colibrys Intro MEMS

CMOS Grows on Clarendon -- 3/4/2002 5:30:00 PM
Clarendon Photonics uses CMOS production lines to make optical components, which it will demo at OFC

DenseLight Goes to the Quantum Well -- 1/10/2002 2:30:00 PM
A cool components startup has popped up in Singapore with 3 shipping products, 100 staff, and its own fab plant

Zygo Debuts Optical Bench
Inplane Intros Amplified TDC
Gemfire Demos Multiport EDFA
Intense Photonics Comes Out
JDSU Demos Everything
NEC, WaveSplitter Team Up
Lumenon Scores ROADM Contract
DenseLight Secures R&D Project
OpsiTech Shows Interleavers
WavePrecision Intros IBO Part
ThreeFive Intros Multiwavelength Receiver
DigiLens Unveils Optical IC
Clarendon, Micron Announce Multiplexer

Yafo Scores $22 Million -- 3/14/2002 5:00:00 PM
Is this a sign of a spring thaw in the 40-Gbit/s winter? We'll learn more next week at OFC

Sabeus Challenges Thin Film -- 2/21/2002 1:30:00 PM
Sabeus will showcase its gain flattening EDFA technology at OFC

KaiLight Claims Converter Advance -- 1/16/2002 5:30:00 PM
Israeli startup plans demo of 'first 10-Gbit/s all-optical wavelength converter' at OFC

Optical Fiber

Nufern's New Fibers
Sumitomo Intros Three New Fibers
Corning Unveils Multimode Fiber
OFS Unleashes Fiber Flood
JDSU Demos Everything
Alcatel Intros 10-Gig Fiber
Corning Announces Polymer Gripper
IntelCore Shows Specialty Fiber
AFL Adds Lensed Fiber Technology
Nufern Unveils Fibers
Quality Quartz Offers Quality Quartz

Optical channel monitors

JDSU Demos Everything
Ibsen Offers Monitor, Manufacturing
Lumenon to Build Monitor
Proximion Touts Its Monitor
FONS Pioneers Network Management
Digital Optics Showing Three Platforms

Dispersion Compensators

TeraXion Unveils Dispersion Gizmos
Southampton Shows Small Grating
JDSU Demos Everything
Chorum Unveils Line of Products
Phaethon's Only Compensating

Dynamic Gain Equalizers

Onetta Announces DGEs
Avanex to Feature PowerRouter
JDSU Announces DGE
DigiLens Unveils Optical IC
Silicon Light Machines Offers DGE
Lightconnect Launches DGE Module

Subsystems
(OK, so we don't really understand what it is)BTI Offers OLS

Xindium Comes Out -- 3/1/2002 5:55:00 PM At OFC startup will show optical devices and high-speed electronics integrated on one InP chip

RF Micro Intros ICs
Paxonet Releases MetroConnect IC
MathStar Intros Transceiver
Anadigics Ramps Amp
Quake, PMC-Sierra Interoperate
Multilink Demos Latest Products
Agere Produces Sonet Framer Chip
Primarion Unveils 10-Gig ICs
Centellax Intros 40-Gig Amps
Velocium Debuts 10-Gig, 40-Gig Gizmos
AMCC Unveils Chips Galore
Marvell, Agilent to Demo 10-Gig Solution
Intel Extends 10-Gig Optical Line
Optix, TranSwitch Team on 40 Gig
OEpic Announces First IC
Infineon Demos Framer/Pointer
Transpectrum Demos Transceiver
ITerra to Debut Optical ICs
Xindium Plans InP Chips

40-Gig Gets Testy -- 3/25/2002 11:00:00 AM
Not all 40-Gbit/s testers are created equal, says Spirent; competitors beg to differ

Components: Measure Once, Cut Better -- 2/15/2002 11:00:00 AM
A handful of companies aim to bring optical component manufacturing out of the 1970s

3SAE to Distribute Nyfors Cleavers
Adept Intros Bonder, Alignment Stage
Katsina Gets in Fiber Optic Ring
Newport Debuts Integra-Related Gizmos
Katsina Enters Tester Market
Newport Demos Next-Gen Products
Silicon Intros Interconnects
KSaria Intros Automated Fiber Splicer
Agilent Floods OFC With Testers
Robots Parade at OFC
Circadiant Tests 10-Gig Ethernet
AFL Intros Fusion Splicer
AFL Adds Lensed Fiber Technology
Quality Quartz Offers Quality Quartz
NetTest Touts All-in-One Solution