Finisar Expands WaveShaper Instrument Portfolio for Optical System Testing Applications

SUNNYVALE, CA, Sep 13 (MARKET WIRE) --
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) today introduced new versions of the
WaveShaper Programmable Optical Processor. The WaveShaper 1000S/X and
4000S/X offer an extended wavelength range covering both the C- and the
L-band of the optical communications window in a single instrument. The
new WaveShaper members have been designed for system testing of
reconfigurable optical networks as well as for laser pulse shaping in
metrology and medical systems. In addition, Finisar introduced version
2.0 of the WaveManager Application Suite software package which supports
a range of new functions including an accurate prediction of a filter
shape and emulation of a comb of laser channels.

The increased frequency range of the WaveShaper 1000S/X and 4000S/X
provides benefits to multiple applications. In metrology, broader
bandwidth ultrafast pulses can now be accurately manipulated, enabling
many new applications in the area of super-continuum generation and
optical atomic clocks. In communications, system testing of new
reconfigurable network structures covering the extended C-band and even
the C+L-band is enabled.

The newly released WaveManager Application Suite 2.0 helps to greatly
reduce test cost in system testing with its novel emulation algorithm for
creating DWDM spectra. Finisar achieves this by slicing and shaping a
broadband spectrum and thus eliminating banks of modulated laser sources
that have been used before. Finisar's approach even allows creating
individual spectral shapes for the channels as if they were modulated
with different data formats.

The WaveManager Application Suite 2.0 supports all current and previous
generations of the WaveShaper and will be available shortly for download
from the Finisar website.

"We are excited to introduce the new WaveShaper 1000S/X and 4000S/X at
ECOC," said Dr. Simon Poole, Director of New Business Ventures, Finisar
Australia. "These units have been developed in partnership with our
customers who have been demanding the ability to use the unique spectral
shaping and phase control capability of the WaveShaper across the entire
C+L wavelength range for communications as well as pulsed laser
applications."

The WaveShaper family will be demonstrated at the 2011 European
Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Geneva, Switzerland,
September 19-21, in Finisar's booth #1118.

For more information about Finisar's optical test and measurement
products, please visit www.finisar.com/instruments. For more information
about ECOC, visit www.ecocexhibition.com.

About Finisar
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a global technology
leader for fiber optic subsystems and components that enable high-speed
voice, video and data communications for telecommunications, networking,
storage, wireless, and cable TV applications. For more than 20 years,
Finisar has provided critical optics technologies to system manufacturers
to meet the increasing demands for network bandwidth and storage. Finisar
is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA with R&D, manufacturing
sites, and sales offices worldwide. For additional information, visit
www.finisar.com. Stay up to date with Finisar by reading the Lightspeed
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Victoria McDonald
Finisar Corporation
+1 (408) 542-4261
victoria.mcdonald@finisar.com

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