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Liquid crystal optical processors are simple in concept and in fact crude devices for research purposes or for dynamic optical component prototyping can readily be built in University labs. However, to build production liquid crystal optical processors for demanding telecommunications applications requires a much higher level of precision and quality. It is for this reason that Xtellus constructed its own liquid crystal optical processor fabrication facility in South Korea so that its core technology is directly under its own control. This is the only facility in the world dedicated to fabricating and integrating liquid crystal optical processors for telecommunications applications.
Xtellus selected South Korea as this is where the majority of the world's liquid crystal display (LCD) production takes place and provides Xtellus direct access to the world's best liquid crystal design and manufacturing resources. Xtellus invested over a year in customizing machinery and processes to optimize fabrication of liquid crystal processors to the highest precision specifications specifically for telecom applications. This is very important because telecom applications require that liquid crystal parameters such as size, spectrum, dynamic range and resolution be optimized differently than for display applications. There are over fifty processes required to create a high performance, high quality, liquid crystal optical processor for telecom applications.
The benefits to Xtellus of this effort are multifold. With this facility Xtellus can fabricate liquid crystal optical processors to the highest specifications with consistent high quality, can customize processors to meet specific customer requirements, and can produce these processors with a rapid turn around time.
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