II-VI Incorporated to Present at ECOC 2016 Market Focus on Emerging Embedded Monitoring Technologies in Optical Networks

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2016 -- II‐VI Incorporated (NASDAQ:IIVI), the leading provider of embedded monitoring in optical networks today announced that Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi, Vice President of Product Marketing and Strategy, Optical Communications Group, will be a speaker at the ECOC 2016 Market Focus event taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany, on Monday, September 19, 2016. The talk will review emerging compact embedded OTDR technologies for real-time monitoring of the optical physical layer.

Service providers and data center operators achieve greater levels of optimization and operational efficiencies with centralized control planes that rely on real-time network diagnostics.  New compact OTDR technologies are being embedded into optical network systems to provide real-time monitoring of the optical physical layer.

II-VI will exhibit its embedded optical monitoring solutions in Booth # 730. II-VI will also showcase its advanced components, 980 nm pump lasers, transceiver-embedded optical amplifier solutions, intelligent modules and dynamic subsystems. 

About II-VI Incorporated

II-VI Incorporated, a global leader in engineered materials and opto-electronic components is a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. Headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, with research and development, manufacturing, sales, service, and distribution facilities worldwide, the Company produces a wide variety of application-specific photonic and electronic materials and components, and deploys them in various forms including integrated with advanced software to enable our customers.

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Mark Lourie
Director of Marketing
Optical Communications Group
(781) 569-1607
www.ii-vi-photonics.com