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July07-offprint-MPB.pdf

A brief account of the 30 year history of MPB Technologies Inc. is outlined. Major emphasis is on the Company’s developments in optical fibre telecommunications and photonic devices. These include: the first commercial trans-Atlantic optical fibre telecommunications system, the evolution of the Super Raman concept leading to long unrepeatered optical telecom spans greater than 500 km, and the associated high performance modules which have made this possible. As a consequence, MPB telecom equipment, manufactured in Montreal, is now found on every continent of the world [except Antarctica].

Finally, recent, on-going developments are described, including high power, cw, visible [green, yellow, orange] and mode-locked fibre lasers designed for application to medical and industrial markets.