Welcome to the Lightwave Attendees' Choice Awards balloting for products featured at OFC 2004 in Los Angeles. Those attending the show are eligible to vote for their favorite product in each of seven categories beginning on this page and continuing through page 51: Systems, Subsystems, Design Tools, Components, Test Equipment, Installation, and Manufacturing. An additional award will be presented to the company whose product receives the most votes overall. For those attending the show, please use the official Attendees' Choice Award ballot included with the February 2004 issue of Lightwave distributed during OFC. All ballots, when completed, should be dropped off at Lightwave exhibit booth 2729. Only ballots submitted at the booth will be counted. February issues and additional OFC ballots are also available at the booth.
For Lightwave readers not attending OFC 2004, product contact information on the award nominees is available at www.lightwaveonline.com.The transmitter/receiver optical subassembly (TOSA/ROSA) module pair is suited for 10-Gbit/sec transceiver applications. The TOSA includes an isolator and has Fabry-Perot and DFB laser options, while the ROSA has options for singlemode- and multimode-fiber applications. Custom design is also available.
Archcom Technology, Azusa, CA
NOMINEE NO. COMP 28
The 4-Gbit/sec Fibre Channel (FC)/Gigabit Ethernet transceiver comes in an intelligent small-form-factor-pluggable (iSFP) package with digital diagnostics and rate-select auto-negotiation capability from 1×–2× and 4× FC. The product supports backward-compatibility with existing FC-based equipment. The iSFP modules, using 850- and 1310-nm VCSEL diodes, provide multirate capability and are designed for use in enterprise SAN and LAN applications.
Infineon Technologies North America, San Jose, CA
NOMINEE NO. COMP 29
The CWDM plug-in module is based on thin-film-filter technology, offering wide channel bandwidth, flexible channel configuration, low insertion loss, and high isolation. It addresses the requirements of metro and access networks, allowing for single, four, or eight wavelengths to be used for unidirectional or bidirectional transmission. The module allows network equipment manufacturers to quickly add CWDM capability to existing products, speeding time-to-market.
O-Net Communications, Shenzhen, China
NOMINEE NO. COMP 32
For existing and next-generation fiber-optic networks, the miniature inline IPM integrated power monitor senses and monitors the signal status and provides active feedback to oversee the entire system operation. The miniaturized IPM-based thin-film filter comes with an integrated tapped dual-fiber collimator and photodiode. The monitor meets or exceeds GR-1221-CORE and GR-468-CORE standards.
Hitachi Metals America, San Jose, CA
NOMINEE NO. COMP 37
The quartz-based X-Ferrule can be fused directly to an optical fiber or capillary tube. The fusion forms a hermetic seal without distorting the properties of the fiber or capillary, yielding a pigtail without structural epoxies. The ferrule provides an epoxy-less structural bond, a strong hermetic seal, an improved material thermal property match, low insertion loss, and high strength; avoids troublesome fiber metallization; and is well suited for high-temperature/pressure environments.
Polymicro Technologies, Phoenix
NOMINEE NO. COMP 40
The Automation 3200 32-axis motion, vision, PLC, robotics, and I/O platform includes the NPower software module, which automates the photonic manufacturing process by providing a quick and accurate method to control the alignment of components for first light, then rapidly align to peak power. The module permits the intelligent platform's "soft" controller to control up to five six-axis FiberMax nano-positioners that are simultaneously performing active alignments.
Aerotech, Pittsburgh
NOMINEE NO. MFG 4