Dec 8 2008
Santur Corporation, the leading supplier of high performance tunable solutions for the global telecommunications industry, marked a major milestone with the shipment of its 200,000th tunable laser, one of the key elements in transformation of next generation networks. Santur, who is focused on providing leading-edge Indium Phosphide(InP) devices, took about 7 years to ship the first 100,000 devices but only 1 additional year to ship the next 100,000. The ramp attests to a pivotal role played by Santur's unique design and manufacturing capabilities to support the ubiquitous adoption of tunable lasers in metro and long haul networks worldwide. Santur devices have now accumulated over a billion hours of reliable operation in the field.
Paul Meissner, CEO of Santur, stated, "At Santur, we are proud of our continued partnership with our customers. This milestone attests to their trust in our ability to respond to their rapid increase in demand with a highly scalable product."
Santur has extended leadership in market share position through the innovative design of its DFB laser array platform that enables a high level of integration of various functions, including modulators and amplifiers, on a single InP device.