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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 12, 2002</font></b></p>

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No. 333-</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDER</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PHOTON DYNAMICS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">94-3007502</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6325 SAN
IGNACIO AVENUE</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SAN JOSE, CA 95119</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(408)
226-9900</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of principal
executive offices, including zip code)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the plans)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RICHARD L. DISSLY</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND SECRETARY</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PHOTON DYNAMICS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6325 SAN
IGNACIO AVENUE</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SAN JOSE, CA 95119</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(408)
226-9900</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(Name, address, including zip
code, and telephone number,<br>
including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies to:</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BRETT D. WHITE, ESQ.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">COOLEY GODWARD LLP</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FIVE PALO ALTO SQUARE</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3000 EL CAMINO REAL</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PALO ALTO, CA 94306-2155</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(650)
843-5000</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  Registered (1)</font></b></p>
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  Offering Price<br>
  Per Share (2)</font></b></p>
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  Offering Price (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, no par value</font> per share</p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">650,000 shares</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$35.53</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$23,094,500.00</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$2,125.00</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160; 400,000 shares to be registered pursuant to
the Photon Dynamics, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan and 250,000 shares to be
registered pursuant to the Photon Dynamics, Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan. This Registration Statement shall cover any additional shares of Common
Stock which become issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction
without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
shares of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding Common Stock.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160; Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The price per
share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and
low prices of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on June 7, 2002 as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market (pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act).</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART II</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents filed by Photon Dynamics, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 25.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160; the Company&#146;s latest Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended September 30, 2001, filed with the SEC on December 6,
2001;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 25.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160; the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended December 31, 2001, filed with the SEC on February 14,
2002;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 25.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160; the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, filed with the SEC on May 9, 2002;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 25.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160; the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed with the SEC on January 7, 2002;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 25.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)&#160; the Company&#146;s Amended Current Report on Form
8-K/A, filed with the SEC on January 14, 2002; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 25.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)&#160; the description of the Company&#146;s Common
Stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-27234),
filed with the SEC on November 14, 1995 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), as amended by the Company&#146;s
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 on Form S-1 (File No. 333-67622),
filed with the SEC on May 24, 2002.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 25.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this
registration statement from the date of the filing of such reports and
documents.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our
directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by California law.
We are also empowered under our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
and bylaws to enter into indemnification contracts with our directors,
officers, employees and agents and to purchase insurance on behalf of any
person whom we are required or permitted to indemnify. Pursuant to this
provision, we have entered into indemnity agreements with certain of our
directors and officers.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, our Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by California law,
our directors will not be liable for monetary damages for breach of the
directors&#146; fiduciary duty of care to us and our shareholders. This provision in
the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation does not eliminate the duty
of care, and in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as an injunction
or other forms of non-monetary relief would remain available under California
law. Each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to us, for acts or omissions not in good faith or
involving intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable violations of law,
that the director believes to be contrary to the best interests of us or our
shareholders, involving a reckless disregard for the director&#146;s duty to us or
our shareholders when the director was aware or should have been aware of a
risk of serious injury to us or our shareholders, or an unexcused pattern of
inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director&#146;s duty to us or our
shareholders, for improper transactions between the director and us and for
improper distributions to shareholders and loans to directors and officers or
for acts or omissions by the director as an officer. This provision also does
not affect a director&#146;s responsibilities under any other laws, such as the
federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 7.&#160;
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>


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  Stock Option Plan, as amended</font></p>
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  Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">After reasonable effort, the registrant has
not been able to obtain the consent of Arthur Andersen LLP to the incorporation
by reference of their report in this registration statement, and the registrant
has dispensed with the requirement to file their consent in reliance on Rule
437(a) promulgated under the Securities Act. &nbsp;Because Arthur Andersen LLP
has not consented to the incorporation by reference of their report in this
registration statement, you will not be able to recover against Arthur Andersen
LLP under Section 11 of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of a
material fact contained in the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen
LLP incorporated by reference herein or any omissions to state a material fact required
to be stated therein.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 50.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:22.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any
prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To reflect in
the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (ss. 230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the issuer pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling </font></p>


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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of San Jose, State of California, on this 12<sup>th</sup> day of June, 2002.</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="51%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:51.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PHOTON DYNAMICS, INC.</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.16%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.5%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.34%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Richard L. Dissly</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.34%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.16%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard
  L. Dissly</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.34%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.16%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief
  Financial Officer and Secretary</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF
ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Vincent F. Sollitto and Richard L.
Dissly, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: </font></p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Vincent F. Sollitto </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief Executive
  Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June 12, 2002</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vincent F. Sollitto</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Richard L. Dissly </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer and
  Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June 12, 2002</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard L. Dissly</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ E. Floyd Kvamme </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June 12, 2002</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">E. Floyd Kvamme</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Richard P. Beck</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June 12, 2002</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard P. Beck</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Nicholas Brathwaite </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June 12, 2002</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nicholas Brathwaite</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Michael J. Kim </font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June 12, 2002</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael J. Kim</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Elwood H. Spedden </font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June 12, 2002</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Elwood H. Spedden</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Malcolm J. Thompson</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion
  of Cooley Godward LLP</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of Cooley Godward LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power
  of Attorney (contained on the signature page)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.16%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:84.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1995
  Stock Option Plan, as amended</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1995
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 12, 2002
Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PHOTON DYNAMICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
94-3007502
(State of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6325 SAN
IGNACIO AVENUE
SAN JOSE, CA 95119
(408)
226-9900
(Address of principal
executive offices, including zip code)
1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
RICHARD L. DISSLY
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND SECRETARY
PHOTON DYNAMICS, INC.
6325 SAN
IGNACIO AVENUE
SAN JOSE, CA 95119
(408)
226-9900
(Name, address, including zip
code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
BRETT D. WHITE, ESQ.
COOLEY GODWARD LLP
FIVE PALO ALTO SQUARE
3000 EL CAMINO REAL
PALO ALTO, CA 94306-2155
(650)
843-5000
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, no par value
per share
650,000 shares
$35.53
$23,094,500.00
$2,125.00
(1)  400,000 shares to be registered pursuant to
the Photon Dynamics, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan and 250,000 shares to be
registered pursuant to the Photon Dynamics, Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan. This Registration Statement shall cover any additional shares of Common
Stock which become issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction
without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
shares of the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The price per
share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and
low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on June 7, 2002 as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market (pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act).
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by Photon Dynamics, Inc. (the "Company")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)  the Company's latest Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended September 30, 2001, filed with the SEC on December 6,
2001;
(b)  the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended December 31, 2001, filed with the SEC on February 14,
2002;
(c)  the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, filed with the SEC on May 9, 2002;
(d)  the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed with the SEC on January 7, 2002;
(e)  the Company's Amended Current Report on Form
8-K/A, filed with the SEC on January 14, 2002; and
(f)  the description of the Company's Common
Stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-27234),
filed with the SEC on November 14, 1995 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as amended by the Company's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 on Form S-1 (File No. 333-67622),
filed with the SEC on May 24, 2002.
All
reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this
registration statement from the date of the filing of such reports and
documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our
directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by California law.
We are also empowered under our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
and bylaws to enter into indemnification contracts with our directors,
officers, employees and agents and to purchase insurance on behalf of any
person whom we are required or permitted to indemnify. Pursuant to this
provision, we have entered into indemnity agreements with certain of our
directors and officers.
In addition, our Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by California law,
our directors will not be liable for monetary damages for breach of the
directors' fiduciary duty of care to us and our shareholders. This provision in
the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation does not eliminate the duty
of care, and in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as an injunction
or other forms of non-monetary relief would remain available under California
law. Each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to us, for acts or omissions not in good faith or
involving intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable violations of law,
that the director believes to be contrary to the best interests of us or our
shareholders, involving a reckless disregard for the director's duty to us or
our shareholders when the director was aware or should have been aware of a
risk of serious injury to us or our shareholders, or an unexcused pattern of
inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director's duty to us or our
shareholders, for improper transactions between the director and us and for
improper distributions to shareholders and loans to directors and officers or
for acts or omissions by the director as an officer. This provision also does
not affect a director's responsibilities under any other laws, such as the
federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.
ITEM 7. 
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
5.1
Opinion
  of Cooley Godward LLP
23.1
Consent
  of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent
  of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants
23.3
Consent
  of Cooley Godward LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power
  of Attorney (contained on the signature page)
99.1
1995
  Stock Option Plan, as amended
99.2
1995
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
After reasonable effort, the registrant has
not been able to obtain the consent of Arthur Andersen LLP to the incorporation
by reference of their report in this registration statement, and the registrant
has dispensed with the requirement to file their consent in reliance on Rule
437(a) promulgated under the Securities Act.  Because Arthur Andersen LLP
has not consented to the incorporation by reference of their report in this
registration statement, you will not be able to recover against Arthur Andersen
LLP under Section 11 of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of a
material fact contained in the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen
LLP incorporated by reference herein or any omissions to state a material fact required
to be stated therein.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
1.             The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)           To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i)            To include any
prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in
the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (ss. 230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii)
To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
Provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the issuer pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.
(b)
That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
2.             The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.             Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of San Jose, State of California, on this 12
th
day of June, 2002.
PHOTON DYNAMICS, INC.
By:
/s/
  Richard L. Dissly
Richard
  L. Dissly
Chief
  Financial Officer and Secretary
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Vincent F. Sollitto and Richard L.
Dissly, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Vincent F. Sollitto
President, Chief Executive
  Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
June 12, 2002
Vincent F. Sollitto
/s/ Richard L. Dissly
Chief Financial Officer and
  Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
June 12, 2002
Richard L. Dissly
/s/ E. Floyd Kvamme
Chairman of the Board
June 12, 2002
E. Floyd Kvamme
/s/ Richard P. Beck
Director
June 12, 2002
Richard P. Beck
/s/ Nicholas Brathwaite
Director
June 12, 2002
Nicholas Brathwaite
/s/ Michael J. Kim
Director
June 12, 2002
Michael J. Kim
/s/ Elwood H. Spedden
Director
June 12, 2002
Elwood H. Spedden
Director
Malcolm J. Thompson
EXHIBIT
INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
5.1
Opinion
  of Cooley Godward LLP
23.1
Consent
  of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent
  of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants
23.3
Consent
  of Cooley Godward LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power
  of Attorney (contained on the signature page)
99.1
1995
  Stock Option Plan, as amended
99.2
1995
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended