SAN JOSE, Calif. and TOKYO -- Nozomi Photonics, a leading supplier of high speed optical switches, will exhibit the world largest portfolio of nanosecond optical switch for Access and Metro applications in March 2006 at OFC, booth 3616 and at TELECOM NEXT, booth 2411.

Based upon its proprietary waveguide PLZT technology, Nozomi Photonics delivers to the worldwide systems vendors the most integrated high speed optical switches in today’s optical communications industry.

The 1x2, 2x2, 1x4 and 1x8 AlacerSwitch™ portfolio feature a rise and fall time below 5 nanoseconds to meet the needs of high performance optical systems. Nozomi’s switches open new horizons for the development of fast, reconfigurable and agile optical networks, such as required by GPON, ROADM and OBS products.

Nozomi Photonics Co. Ltd.