Date announced: 15 Sep 2005

Besancon, France, September 14, 2005. Photline Technologies, a supplier of Lithium Niobate (LiNbO3) based modulation solutions, announces the release of Ultra Low Loss optical modulators.

Photline has achieved a record 3 dB insertion loss in its wide bandwidth X-cut Mach- Zehnder LiNbO3 modulators. While traditional manufacturing of modulators results in insertion loss higher than 4 dB, this reduction of more than 1 dB, or 25% in the transmission loss translates into a significant improvement to the system designers for whom no loss is good loss.

In addition to this record 3 dB insertion loss, Photline MX-LN series modulators come with a set of unique performance:

• low drive voltage (Vp) of 5 V
• quasi chirp free (a = ± -0.05)
• unparalleled stability of the X-cut design.

Photline expects that its customers will take advantage of the new modulator product added value to benefit greatly their applications.

Photline Technologies will exhibit its Ultra Low Loss MX-LN-10 as well its complete range of modulators at ECOC, Glasgow, Scotland, Sep. 26-28, 2005. Please come and meet our Staff at booth 353.

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