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Infinera's Radha Nagarajan Named IET Fellow
Recognition of Photonic Integration Contribution
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - September 28, 2009) - Dr. Radhakrishnan "Radha" Nagarajan, Senior
Director of Optical Component Technology at Infinera (NASDAQ : INFN ), was
named a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) in
recognition of his pioneering work in photonic integrated circuit design.
Dr. Nagarajan is one of the key architects in the development of Infinera's
large-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs). He is also a fellow of the
Optical Society America (OSA) and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Infinera's commercial PICs integrate more than 50 optical components on a
single chip less than 5 mm across. Infinera's next generation devices have
demonstrated monolithic integration levels of well over 400 components.
These devices are at the heart of Infinera's Digital Optical Networks
architecture, which has delivered breakthrough improvements in density,
scalability, reliability, and power consumption. Infinera has won 62
customers worldwide including many of the world's largest service providers
with its innovative PIC-based optical networking systems. Dr. Nagarajan has
been a member of the engineering team developing Infinera PICs since the
company's founding in 2001. Infinera's PICs are manufactured and
extensively tested at its own fab facility in Sunnyvale, California, one of
the very few new semiconductor fabrication facilities opened in Silicon
Valley this decade.
The Institute of Engineering and Technology is one of the world's leading
professional societies for the engineering and technology community, and
has a presence in 127 countries. According to the IET, Fellowship may be
awarded to members who have demonstrated superior individual
responsibility, sustained achievement and significant professionalism
during their careers. In order to achieve Fellowship, applicants must
clearly demonstrate successful leadership or outstanding service to the
profession over an extended period. IET membership worldwide numbers
150,000.
"This award by the IET is a great honor," Dr. Nagarajan said. "It is also
recognition for the very talented PIC engineering team at Infinera. It has
been a pleasure working in such an environment, from the days when there
were two dozen of us in one building, up to and including the present, when
Infinera is a company with nearly 1,000 people around the world."
Dr. Nagarajan obtained his undergraduate degree at the National University
of Singapore where he graduated with First Class Honours in Electrical
Engineering. He obtained a Masters in Electronic Engineering at the
University of Tokyo, and came to the U.S. to study at the University of
California at Santa Barbara, where he obtained a Ph.D. After further work
as a research faculty at UCSB, he joined the optical components
manufacturer SDL, where in 2000 his team won the Photonics Circle of
Excellence award for the design of a high power, single mode pump module
for EDFA applications. In 2006, he was awarded the IEEE/LEOS Aron Kressel
award in recognition of breakthrough work in the development and
manufacturing of large scale photonic integrated circuits.
"Radha's individual contributions and leadership have been essential to the
realization of the world's most advanced indium phosphide PICs," said
Infinera Vice President for Optical Integrated Components Dr. Fred Kish.
"The technical excellence of our people, and their willingness to take
risks and pioneer new solutions that others in the industry did not think
possible has been a key factor in Infinera's success," said Infinera Chief
Operating Officer Tom Fallon. "Radha Nagarajan epitomizes those qualities
and this award is well-earned recognition of that."
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. 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 flexible engineering and operations, faster
time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated services
without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more information,
please visit http://www.infinera.com/.
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including that Infinera's Digital Optical Networks architecture, which has
delivered breakthrough improvements in density, scalability, reliability,
and power consumption and that Infinera has realized the world's most
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intellectual property, claims by others that we infringe their intellectual
property, our manufacturing process is very complex, product performance
problems we may encounter, our dependence on sole or limited source
suppliers, our ability to respond to rapid technological changes, our
ability to maintain effective internal controls, the ability of our
contract manufacturers to perform as we expect, a new technology being
developed that replaces the PIC as the dominant technology in optical
networks, general political, economic and market conditions and events,
including war, conflict or acts of terrorism; and other risks that may
impact Infinera's business are set forth in our annual report Form 10-K,
which was filed with the SEC on February 17, 2009, as well as subsequent
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