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Redfern Optical Components Pty Ltd (Redfern), a leading supplier of submarine and dispersion compensating fibre Bragg grating products, proudly announces that their Quality Management System has been certified to meet the stringent requirements of the AS/NZS ISO9001: 2000 quality standard. The scope of the registration was for the "Design, production, testing and supply of passive optical devices for use in submarine and terrestrial optical networks".

Redfern's CEO Mark Englund was quoted as saying "This is an important milestone for Redfern in progressing towards our goal of market leadership in premium optical fibre component supply and a clear statement to the market of our commitment to the supply of high quality optical fibre products."

Redfern was founded in 1999 to supply optical fibre components based on fibre Bragg grating (FBG) technology. With its patented manufacturing process, ROC DirectRite™, Redfern is uniquely positioned to provide high fidelity, high reliability FBG products for mission critical applications in optical fibre telecommunications.

Link to Certificate

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Redfern Optical Components Pty. Ltd. has completed the testing of its 90mm athermal package to Telcordia 1209 and 1221 standards. The package has been designed for maximum long-term reliability with high-performance temperature compensation. Extensive design experience and materials screening has been applied to the mechanical package to ensure consistent and reliable devices. The result is a volume-manufactured component suitable for demanding submarine applications. FBGs available include Gain Flattening Filters (GFF’s).

Redfern specializes in the design and manufacture of volume FBG products as well as providing a foundry service for unique requirements and contract engineering development.

Meet Redfern Technical Staff at OFC Booth 3701

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Sydney, Australia-Redfern Optical Components Pty. Ltd. has completed the testing of its cylindrical (8mm diameter x 240mm long) athermal package to Telcordia 1209 and 1221 standards. The package was designed to accommodate multi-channel gratings for dispersion compensation of 10G and 40G links. This component provides a low-cost alternative to DCF with the advantages of a smaller footprint and lower insertion loss for reduced amplification requirements, higher threshold for non-linear effects and shorter latency in pump control loops.

Meet Redfern Technical Staff at OFC Booth 3701

Email: sales@redferncomponents.com

Redfern Optical Components Pty Ltd, a company specialising in high performance and
high reliability Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) products, announces it has won a large Australian
government grant for the development of next generation manufacturing technology for FBG
products. This grant will enable Redfern to add the final performance element to its patented fully electronic writing system known as DirectRite™.

Redfern’s CEO Dr Mark Englund was quoted as saying “We’re delighted with this major grant win
and for the way the Australian Government is getting behind us as we roll out our FBG product
suite in a series of exciting global markets. Having our DirectRite™ technology validated by tier 1
corporate customers involved in trials of our FBG products has also been key to winning this
grant. The expanded development program will provide Redfern’s products with the competitive
edge to win leadership within what are now steeply rising markets for our FBG products. It will
also significantly expand the product application envelope for the next generation noise free
FBGs that come off this system."

Redfern’s FBG product suite, including high reliability submarine packages will be on display during
the exhibition show at OFC 2007, 27-29 March 2007, Redfern’s booth number is 3701, in Anaheim,
California.

Email: sales@redferncomponents.com