JDSU Adds to Laser Lineup

OTTAWA and SAN JOSE, Calif. -- JDS Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: JDSU and TSE: JDU) today announced a family of temperature tunable, directly modulated lasers (DML) and added to its fixed wavelength product line, making it the broadest DML offering in the industry for 2.5 Gb/s systems. The low cost of DMLs make them key products for two of the developing areas in fiberoptic communications: the Metro and Access market segments. With its CQF413 Series for 2.5 Gb/s systems, JDS Uniphase is among the first to introduce temperature tunable DMLs. These products are two-channel tunable for the 100 GHz ITU and are available in both 100 km and extended reach 180 km versions and for both low (2.5 mW) and high (10 mW) peak output power levels. JDS Uniphase also introduced the CQF915/508, a low power (2.5 mW), extended reach (180 km), fixed wavelength DML for 2.5 Gb/s systems. With this product, the CQF 915 Series now includes models for both low and high power, and for both standard and extended reach applications. JDS Uniphase Inc.