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Alcatel, Kamelian and JDSU announce MSA for SOAs
Alcatel Optronics, JDS Uniphase and Kamelian have announced a multi-source agreement (MSA) for semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), defining common mechanical and optical performance specifications. SOAs can be deployed in a wide variety of applications in metro and long haul networks. These include amplification, regeneration, wavelength conversion and switching. The mechanical interface, covered by the MSA, uses the same configuration for pin functions as industry standard pump lasers. This enables system manufacturers to more easily incorporate SOAs into their systems. Other mechanical factors described by the standard include hole position and module overall dimensions.
The standard also defines minimal levels of optical performance required for pre-amplification and booster applications. For each application a different class of SOA has been defined. For pre-amplification applications, Class A SOAs will have a noise figure of less than 9 dB, gain greater than 20 dB and minimum output power of 5 dBm. For booster applications, Class B SOAs will have a noise figure of less than 12 dB, gain greater than 15 dB and minimum output power of 8 dBm.
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