JDS Uniphase Corporation provides communications test and
measurement solutions, and optical products to
telecommunications service providers, cable operators, and
network equipment manufacturers. The companys Communications
Test and Measurement segment supplies instruments, service-
assurance systems, and services to enable the design,
deployment, and maintenance of communication equipment and
networks. This segments product portfolio includes test
tools and platforms for optical transport networks, xDSL
services, data networks, cable networks, digital video
broadcast, fiber characterization services, and storage
networks. Its Communications and Commercial Optical Products
segment provides components, modules, subsystems, and
solutions used by communications equipment providers for
telecommunications and enterprise data communications.
This segments product portfolio comprises transmitters,
receivers, amplifiers, ROADMs, optical transceivers,
multiplexers and demultiplexers, switches, optical-
performance monitors and couplers, splitters, and
circulators. In addition, this segment offers diode, direct-
diode, diode-pumped solid-state, and gas lasers;
photovoltaics products comprising concentrated photovoltaic
cells and receivers for generating energy from sunlight; and
fiber-optic-based systems for delivering and measuring
electrical power. The Advanced Optical Technologies segment
provides optical solutions for security and brand-
differentiation applications and thin film coatings for a
range of public and private-sector markets. Its product
applications include computer-driven projectors, intelligent
lighting systems, office equipment, security products, and
decorative surface treatments. This segment also offers
multilayer product-security solutions, which deliver overt,
covert, forensic, and digital product and document
verification for protection against counterfeiting and
tampering. JDS Uniphase Corporation was founded in 1979 and
is headquartered in Milpitas, California.