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September 5 2007


EMCORE Corporation

Roth Capital Growth Conference

New York City, September 5, 2007

Reuben F. Richards, Jr.  Chief Executive Officer

Hong Hou, President and Chief Operating Officer

The information provided herein may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (a) the Company’s unaudited results for the third quarter and fiscal year 2007, (b) statements related to the Company’s voluntary review of its historic stock option granting practices, including statements concerning the determination of accounting adjustments and related tax and financial consequences in connection with the Special Committee’s recommendations, and (c) the timing of filing of reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. of predicting quarterly and year end financial results, (b) the finalization and audit of the Company’s unaudited results of fiscal year 2006 and the first 2 quarters of fiscal year 2007, (c) the effects of the Company’s voluntary review of its historic stock option granting practices, including (i) risks and uncertainties relating to developments in regulatory and legal guidance regarding stock option grants and accounting for such grants, (ii) the possibility that the Company will not be able to file additional reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a timely manner, (iii) the possibility that the Company in consultation with the Company's independent public accountants or the SEC, may determine that additional stock-based compensation expenses and other additional expenses be recorded in connection with affected option grants (iv) the Company may incur negative tax consequences arising out of the stock option review, (v) the possible delisting of the Company’s stock from the Nasdaq National Market pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14), (vi) the timing and outcome of the Nasdaq appeal hearing, (vii) the impact of any actions that may be required or taken as a result of such review or the Nasdaq hearing and review process, (viii) risk of litigation arising out of or related to the Company’s stock option grants or a restatement of the Company’s financial statements, and (d) factors discussed from time to time in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and EMCORE does not assume any obligation to update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

“Safe Harbor” Statement

September 5, 2007

EFO

Ortel

Ortel

EFO

Microwave/RF

Transmitters/Receivers

FTTP PON TxRx

Parallel Optics,

4 & 12x TxRx

LX4, CX4 TxRx

For 10G Ethernet

CATV Transmitters/

Receivers

Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) Network

Telecom Network

Ortel

OC-192 TxRx

SFF Tunable
DWDM XFP

EFO

EMCORE’s Components &

Subsystems in Networks & Premises

September 5, 2007

Source: Comcast

Comcast CapEx Budget

-- 24% Increase in 07 from 06

September 5, 2007

Broadband (CATV, FTTP, Video

Transport) Business Strategy

Acquired five companies to position ourselves as a major player in Broadband Components and Systems

Consolidated technology, IP, product portfolio & CATV customer base

Positioned as “Arms Merchant” to MSO and Telecom build-out

Multi-service operators (MSO’s) are accelerating CATV infrastructure upgrade in order to offer premium triple-play services

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High-definition TV (HDTV), digital video and Video on Demand (VOD)

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High-speed internet

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Voice over IP (VoIP)

Emerging supplier of FTTP components

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Expanded design wins within B-PON and G-PON customer base

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Established China-based manufacturing facility to reduce cost and increase capacity

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Vertically integrated: chip-to-subsystem

Penetrated into the high growth video transport and IPTV markets

Strong demand within CATV market

MSOs build networks to offer commercial services

Comcast and Time Warner upgrading the legacy Adelphia networks

Strong overseas market demand in Eastern Europe, Russia, India, China is driving the growth of CATV equipment manufacturers

September 5, 2007

Source: Cisco Systems

10GbE Share estimated

to increase from 5% in
2006 to 45% in 2011

Demand for 10G Ethernet Increases

September 5, 2007

Growth Drivers for EMCORE

Datacom/Telecom Business

Product Lines

Leading Supplier of 10Gb/s Ethernet Components and Transceivers

10Gb/s VCSEL/PIN TOSA/ROSA components for SR applications

Supplying Xenpak LX4/CX4 and X2 CX4, sampling SFP+ SRL, LRM, & LR transceivers

Demand from the major customer is coming back after recent “Lean Manufacturing”

Broadest Portfolio of Parallel Optics Transceivers

4x single data rate (SDR) and double data rate (DDR) optical media conventors

12x SDR (2.5Gb/sx12) to a broad customer base for switching/routing

12x DDR (5.0Gb/sx12) for switching /supercomputer /backplane interconnects

Opportunities in Telecom and Infiniband Areas

Telecom: 300-pin SFF fully C-band tunable transponders, XFP DWDM 80km TxRxs

Infiniband: QSFP, SDR and DDR OMC transceivers, active cables

Platforms

State-of-the-art VCSEL/PD Component Fab and PON Packaged Components

VCSEL/PD die 1-10Gb/s, single to 2D arrays, and recently developed hermetic chips

Packaged components for DFB TO’s for GPON and GEPON, APD-TIA TO’s

LX4 Platform and Infrastructure for 40 Gb/s Product Solution

Push to become a standard and building prototype samples

September 5, 2007

Silicon Response Range Limit

Multi-junction Solar Cells

Emcore’s Technology Employs Three Compound Semiconductor Junctions in Series

Each Junction Has a Different Bandgap

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Top – 1.9 eV

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Middle – 1.4 eV

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Bottom – 0.7 eV

Three Junctions of Different Bandgaps Makes Better Use of Energy Available in the Solar Spectrum

Bandgap Engineering Available in III-V Multi-junction Solar Cells Offer a Path to Still Higher Performance

September 5, 2007

EMCORE Space Photovoltaics Business

EPV division formed in 1998 in Albuquerque, NM

Facility ready in October 1998, and 1^st volume solar cell shipment in December 1999

Currently shipping 28.5% efficient solar cells in volume; 31% efficient IMM solar cells demonstrated

Outstanding on-orbit performance and reliability history

Emcore’s entry into the space market effectively eliminated the use of Silicon solar cells in high power GEO satellites

Mid 1990’s, 80% of satellite power was generated by Silicon

Today over 80% of new satellites are powered by multi-junction solar cells

EMCORE Space Photovoltaics Products

Solar Cells

Solar Panels

EMCORE Photovoltaics Division

September 5, 2007

Growth Drivers of Space Solar

Major Customers

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Space Systems/Loral, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman Space, Boeing, EADS 
   Astrium, General Dynamics

Market Drivers

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Commercial Satellites: Growing demand for commercial programs; 33 commercial
   GEO awards in 2006 (highest since 2001)

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Industry is at the leading edge of a replacement cycle as many of the satellites
   launched in the early 1990’s reach the end of their useful life

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As one of two viable suppliers, EMCORE offers the best performance in the industry
   with outstanding space heritage and a strong reliability record

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Government/Defense Programs: EMCORE is a leading engineering and
   manufacturing service company for government/defense programs

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Technology leader: Record high-efficiency solar cells for space applications (32%
   with IMM design)

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Solution oriented: EMCORE provides enabling solutions to mission critical programs

Backlog

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Backlog exceeding $70M

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One of the government programs was terminated recently.

September 5, 2007

Source: Merrill Lynch

Solar Module Market

2006 market for solar modules was approximately 2.2GW and >$8B worldwide

Growth forecasted at ~24% CAGR. The market size will be 7GW and $18B by 2010

Growth drivers:

Increased demand and cost of power

Government incentives

Reduced cost of solar power

Environmental concerns and political pressure

Germany and Japan accounted for 80% of total demand in 2005

US and Spain are likely to be the fastest growing markets over the next several years

September 5, 2007

Solar Module Technologies

Crystalline Si: Conversion efficiency of 12-20% at module level

Predominant technology

Most versatile for all applications

Si shortage (at least until late of 2008)

Relatively high price: ~$3.5/W

Easy to scale up in production

Low efficiency of surface area/land use

Environmental concerns with some materials (Cadmium Telluride)

Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV): efficiency of 25-30% at module level

Most efficient land use – more power generated per area

Less equipment and material requirement for production scale up

Suitable for commercial, agricultural, and power utility applications

More efficient for direct illumination than difused light

Pros:

Cons:

Pros:

Cons:

More cost effective ~$2.5/W

Pros:

Thin Film: Conversion efficiency of 5-7% at module level

Most Effective~ $2/W

Cons:

More efficient for direct illumination than diffused light

September 5, 2007

Solar Flux

Lens

Solar Cell

Receiver

1,000x

Utilizes advanced solar cells to provide most cost effective solution

7x 5” Silicon cells

Produce Equal Power As

1x 1 cm² triple

junction CPV

Terrestrial Application of Triple

Junction Technology

EMCORE’s triple junction solar cell technology is being adapted for terrestrial power generation

Lens concentrates solar flux to 500–1,000 times normal irradiance

Conversion efficiency improves under concentrated illumination

36% cell efficiency in production

40% cell will be introduced in 2007

September 5, 2007

Year of Production

Emcore  Terrestrial  Solar  Cells -  
History & Roadmap

Emcore  Terrestrial  Solar  Cells -  
History & Roadmap

Emcore Solar Cell Technology -

Performance at 500x

33.0%

Concentrator

Triple

Junction

(CTJ)

36.0%

2nd Generation

Concentrator

Triple

Junction

(CTJ  )

43.0%

Inverted

Meta-Morphic

IMM

40.0%

3rd Generation

Concentrator

Triple

Junction

(CTJ  )

45.0%

2nd

Generation

(IMM  )

30%

32.5%

35%

37.5%

40%

42.5%

45%

September 5, 2007

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Concentrator Solar Cells

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39% efficient (under 1000x) cells achieved

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37% efficient CPV cells in production

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Provide standard and custom form factors to over
   15 customers

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Recent order of $24M from GGE

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Supply agreement ($100M over 5 years)

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CPV Receivers

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Standard design and package

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CPV Modules

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Internal design and applications

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CPV System

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Supply agreement with World Water and Solar
   technologies ($100M over 3 years)

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New partnership under development

EMCORE Terrestrial PV Products

September 5, 2007

Growth Drivers of EMCORE

Terrestrial PV Business

EMCORE is the technology leader in multi-junction concentrator solar cells

36% efficient CPV cells in production

Aggressive roadmap to 45% efficiency by 2010

EMCORE is supporting numerous system developers with a broad range of custom CPV components

Backlog of over 20MW

Agreement for $100M supply over 7 years

EMCORE is pursuing an early market entry into CPV systems

Gen 1 system operating “on sun” for 5 months

Gen 2 to enter production in Fall of 2007

Demand is lined up with a supply agreement and strategic partners

Current annual capacity greater than 50MW

Well positioned to be a major player, with significant advantage in system performance and cost basis

Costs will be continuously reduced through system optimization and solar cell efficiency improvement

September 5, 2007

Recent Progresses

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Made great progress on CPV solar cell performance - record 39%
   efficiency under 1000x concentration

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CPV technology is gaining market acceptance as evidenced by the recent
   $24M order of CPV solar cells

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Closed three design centers and relocated key talents to main locations

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will not lose any capability and product offering

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will reduce the cost by ~$7M per year

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Closure of Somerset and Sunnyvale sites before end of the year will
  recognize additional ~$2.5M savings

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EMCORE China is up and running to accept multiple production transfer
   from the US operations

September 5, 2007

FY08 Revenue Drivers (continued operations only)

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Emerging business from terrestrial solar (ESP) systems in 2008

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Strong space solar business: ~25% YoY growth

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Strong CATV and video business: ~30% YoY growth

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Recovery of 10G business and revenues
    from new markets (telecom & Infiniband)

Revenue History and Projection
from Current Businesses

$115 
+40%

($ in millions)

$32

$50

$82

+64%

$143

+24%

$167

+17%

FY02

FY04

FY03

FY05

FY06

FY07

Projection

$210-230

+26- 38%

FY08

Forecast

September 5, 2007

September 5 2007


EMCORE Corporation

Roth Capital Growth Conference

New York City, September 5, 2007

Reuben F. Richards, Jr.  Chief Executive Officer

Hong Hou, President and Chief Operating Officer

September 5, 2007

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