Market for multifiber transmit links to reach $1.25 billion in 2006
“The VCSEL diode has emerged as the lowest cost optical solution in this application,” said ElectroniCast’s founder and chairman Jeff Montgomery. “The performance of VCSELs is advancing rapidly to higher data rates, higher output power and both single mode and multimode, 850 and 1310 nm devices,” added Montgomery. “It is not surprising that several multifiber transmit link competitors have a strong base in VCSEL research and fabrication.”
The growth in the use of multifiber transmit links is being driven by the increasing level of data traffic that is in turn forcing the use of optical interconnects in servers, routers and other traffic management equipment. The report forecasts the values and quantities of the various components, including VCSELs, photodetectors and ASICs, that will be required for multifiber data link modules and assemblies in the period from 2001-2006.
