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ficiency we anticipate these 100G systems will deliver, as we work to meet growing bandwidth demands from our enterprise and wholesale service provider and mobile wireless custom- ers.”


“This trial marks an important milestone in our plan to deliver 100G communications and the next generation of multi-Terabit per second Digital Optical Networks based on 500G PICs,” said Infinera CEO Tom Fallon. “We are confi- dent that these new systems will become a dis- ruptive force in the optical market, just as our 10G systems were when we introduced them in 2004.”


The introduction of 100G PIC-based systems will have important implications for the econom- ics of future networks. Tomorrow’s networks will require many more optical functions per wave- length than do today’s networks. This require- ment stems from the advanced modulation formats needed for 100G transmission, and can be expected to lead to increased network cost and complexity if implemented using conven- tional optical components.


To solve this problem, Infinera’s 500G PICs incorporate more than 600 optical elements on a pair of indium phosphide chips, deliver- ing significant benefits to next-generation Internet-centric networks, providing an effective means for service providers to scale network capacity while simultaneously obtaining lower space consumption, lower power consump- tion, increased reliability, and superior network economics. In the longer term, without photonic integration, ever-increasing bandwidth demand would continue to drive up network complexity, making photonic integration key to achieving superior carrier economics.


Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications carriers world- wide. Infinera’s systems are unique in their use of a breakthrough semiconductor technology: the photonic integrated circuit (PIC). Infinera’s systems and PIC technology are designed to provide customers with simpler and more flex-


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ible engineering and operations, faster time-to- service, and the ability to rapidly deliver dif- ferentiated services without reengineering their optical infrastructure.


Miasolé Commercial-Scale CIGS Module Exceeds 14% Efficiency


The result, verified by NREL on a 1 square me- ter area CIGS module, advances the potential of thin-film solar panels as a competitive energy source.


MiaSolé, a leading manufacturer of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) thin-film photo- voltaic solar panels, has achieved 14.3% ef- ficiency of its large area production modules (1 square meter in size).


The result was independently confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renew- able Energy Laboratory (NREL).


According to MiaSolé , the highest independ- ently confirmed module efficiency for any commercial scale CIGS module technology is currently 14.3%.


“We are pleased that we continue to make progress in the execution of our technology, cost reduction and manufacturing roadmaps,” said Joseph Laia, CEO of MiaSolé.


MiaSolé now offers bank financeable solar modules with efficiency comparable to polysili- con combined with lower manufacturing costs of thin-film modules.


MiaSolé’s unique manufacturing process de- posits CIGS on a flexible stainless steel sub- strate and produces all of the layers required for its highly efficient solar cell in a single con- tinuous process. The firm says it is the only thin-film solar company that uses sputtering processes every step of the way for coating the solar modules, thereby reducing manufacturing time and cost of production.


MiaSolé shipped 6.5MW in the first half of this


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