JDS Uniphase Corp. of Nepean, Ontario, Canada, has announced an agreement to purchase Casix Laser Inc. of Fuzhou, Fujian, China, which will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary. Other terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Casix supplies components for optical networking applications. Its products include YVO₄ and LiNbO₃ crystals, pigtails and jumpers, collimators, isolators and polarization beamsplitters. It also manufactures or processes optical elements such as filters, wave plates and prisms, and applies antireflective coatings to optical elements.