Princeton Lightwave pushes power boundaries with three new optical product families
The extra power these components provide translates into increased bandwidth for customers, while the simplified device platform results in high yield products and lower costs. In line with market needs, PLI s devices are designed for stability, reliability, greater throughput, and higher volumes - all at superior power levels. Covering the entire S, C, and L bands with any wavelength from 1280 to 1620 nm, these products rewrite the definition of power and performance.
WaveHarp Advanced Distributed Feedback Lasers (DFB): the WaveHarp is an advanced DFB laser that emits high power - reaching 300 milliwatts - in a narrow spectral band. As a wavelength-stabilized pump, the WaveHarp takes the new approach of integrating the grating on the laser chip, thus eliminating the need for an external Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) and reducing customers costs. As a source laser, it can eliminate the need for amplifiers in Metro DWDM networks, significantly reducing system architecture cost and complexity to enable wide-scale deployment.
WaveRider Broadband GainChip (BGC): the WaveRider is a tunable BGC on an Indium Phosphide-based platform, packaged in chip-on-carrier sub-assemblies. The WaveRider is employed by our customers in external cavity lasers (ECL) for broadly tunable network source lasers. The WaveRider provides high power - providing more than 40 milliwatts in an ECL - an industry breakthrough. As a result, ECL customers can easily reduce both design constraints and manufacturing complexity.
WavePower Pump Lasers for Raman Amplifiers and EDFAs: The WavePower family of pumps is available in 14xx nm for Raman amplification and 1480 nm for EDFAs. PLI s pump design provides high power - reaching 500 milliwatts in a module. Higher pump power translates to higher amplifier gain and more robust amplifiers. The benefits to network providers include greater bandwidth, while reducing long haul network costs through simplified amplifier designs and all-optical transmission.
"Increases in power and stability provided by our products yield improved performance for our customers," said Swami Srinivasan, Product Line Manager of PLI. "Additionally, we provide advanced designs that ease major constraints faced by our customers, such as manufacturing complexity, throughput, and cost."
The products are currently being sampled by major equipment manufacturers and will be generally available in the second half of 2001.
About Princeton Lightwave, Inc.
Headquartered in Cranbury, NJ, PLI designs, develops and delivers high performance optical components for next-generation networks. The company was founded in May 2000 to meet customer needs for quality optical components. PLI s rich product portfolio is based upon unique chip level design and integration technology. Its multi-disciplinary team has built a world-class manufacturing facility to deliver high power Raman and EDFA pump modules, source lasers and Broadband GainChips (BGCs).
