JGKB wins funding for GaAs optical modulators
"We believe that our Mode Converter platform is a strategic technology that will deliver the market critical requirements of low power, ultra-high bandwidth and long distance performance," said JGKB s president and CEO, Alan Guest. "We will now aim for the next stage of market acceptance."
Also developing InP modulators, JGKB is a spin-off from the University of British Columbia. Its "flagship product", the GaAs modulator, operates at 1520 to 1620 nm across a 40 GHz bandwidth, with an insertion loss of 6 dB. Providing chirp-free operation, the modulator s target applications include high speed Internet data communications including DWDM, high speed Ethernet and TDM as well as metro systems.
"The company s mode converter technology is uniquely positioned to extend bandwidth performance as well as enable power savings and higher levels of optical modulator integration and functionality," said Claude Haw, a managing partner of Venture Coaches, a JGKB investor.
