APA Optics Prepares Initial WDM Orders

Optoelectronic component manufacturer APA Optics Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) is producing demonstration units of its 16-channel, grating-based wavelength division multiplexers (WDMs) for a pair of unnamed telecommunications companies. Each company has ordered a pair of the multiplexer units, which are slated for September delivery.

These orders are the first received by the company for its advanced WDM multiplexer product.