Agere and Emcore unveil new transponders
Agere s CB64L2 cooled transponder transmits up to 80 km, which is a standard link length for regional metro system applications. The CB64L2 uses a 1550 nm cooled EML and is available with either an APD or pin receiver. The device measures 3.5 x 4.5 inches and features a 300-pin connection.
Agere s CB64L2 cooled device employs EML technology without amplification, and the company notes that competitive offerings require bulky lithium niobate modulators to reach this distance without amplification, while the use of EML lower costs and power dissipation.
The company s uncooled TB64L1 transponder and is optimized for short- to longer-reach spans of 2 to 40 km. The TB64L1 uses a 1310 nm DFB laser and consumes less than 6 W of power over the entire operating temperature range. The device measures 2.6 x 3.6 inches. Both the CB64L2 and TB64L1 are compatible with OC-192 (9.95 Gbits/s), OC-192 with out-of-band FEC (10.66 Gbits/s) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10.3 Gbits/s) data rates.
Agere has also introduced an uncooled transponder in an XENPAK-compliant 10 Gigabit Ethernet format for 40 km spans. The AE20MRCAA targets MAN and long-haul markets and is developed using the same platform as Agere s 10 km serial 10 GbE transceiver. The 1310 nm serial transceiver meets the fiber reach typically achieved with 1550 nm cooled transmitters, and consumes 5.5 W of power over its entire operating temperature range.
Samples of the 40 and 80 km devices with 70-pin electrical and SC duplex fiber optical connectors will be available in the third quarter of 2002, with production quantities expected in the fourth quarter.
Agere develops pluggable transceivers with Pine Photonics
Agere has also partnered with Pine Photonics Communications on a new suite of NetLight small-form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers. Now sampling, the new transceivers will be jointly developed for high-volume OC-3 to OC-48 SONET/SDH and Gigabit Ethernet applications using Agere s optical components and Pine Photonics transceiver. Agere will provide exclusive marketing and sales worldwide.
The NetLight NLP series is currently available in four versions: a 2.5 Gbit/s single-mode transceiver for distances up to 2 km; 155 and 622 Mbit/s single mode transceivers up to 15 km; Gigabit Ethernet single-mode transceiver optimized for 10 km (exceeding the IEEE 802.3z 1000BaseLX specification) and multi-mode transceiver for link-lengths of up to 550 m, which meets the IEEE 802.3z 1000BaseSX specification.
Emcore releases compact 10 Gbit/s transponder
Emcore?s new 10 Gbit/s SFF transponder is designed for VSR interconnections for enterprise networks and Internet backbones at SONET OC-192 rates. The MTR9500 is a 300-pin transponder compliant with the OIF?s VSR4-1 Implementation Agreement, and is 50% smaller than its earlier MTR8500 VSR4-1 transponder. Designed for interconnects under 300 m such as central office and POP environments, the transponder operates over multi-mode fiber ribbon cable using a 1x12 array of 850 nm oxide-confined VCSELs.
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Michele.boudway@emcore.com
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