New Focus Launches Interleaver

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- New Focus, Inc., (Nasdaq: NUFO - news), a leading supplier of innovative fiber-optic products for next-generation optical networks under the Smart Optics for Networks(TM) brand, today announced its newest wavelength management solution, a 50 gigahertz interleaver with the unique combination of ultracompact size, high performance and passive operation. The device enables cost-effective, high capacity networks by doubling capacity for OC-192, or 10 gigabits per second systems. The launch of the New Focus interleaver represents a major advancement by the company in addressing the growing market of wavelength management solutions for optical networks."We're extremely excited about the interleaver because its inventive design enables New Focus to bring to market a truly best-of-breed, wavelength management solution," said Dr. Timothy Day, vice president, chief technology officer and co-founder of New Focus, Inc. "The device not only enables high capacity via high data rates on tight channel spacings, but accomplishes this in an ultracompact form without active cooling, a remarkable achievement. As a result, we can offer companies the cost-saving benefit of significantly more capacity per dollar." New Focus Inc.