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News Release from: Bookham | Subject: ECOC in Glasgow
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 September 2005
Tunability in metro and long-haul
applications
Bookham is to demonstrate the power and application of its tunable laser technology at the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Glasgow.
Bookham, a provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, is to demonstrate the power and application of its tunable laser technology at the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Glasgow Bookham will be presenting three papers at ECOC, which together illustrate how far tunable laser technology has developed and the likely extent of its future application
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are driving tunability into the mainstream volume markets through a combination of very robust chip technologies coupled with low cost, high volume manufacturing in Shenzhen," said Adam Price, Product Line Management Director of High End Optics at Bookham.
"The three papers we are presenting at ECOC demonstrate the technical excellence of the Bookham chip and module platforms and show their capability over the full spectrum of applications." The three papers to be presented by Bookham will focus on the demonstration of equivalent performance in L band lasers to that previously reported for C band lasers, a pair of laser modules is shown to give complete coverage of C and L band with power levels >16.5dB (ex facet, >13dBm ex module) and side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) >45dB, a detailed analysis of the intrinsic noise associated with the DSDBR laser platform, showing that low levels of FM (Frequency Modulation) noise generated by the lasers, which give negligible effect on dispersion penalty even for very long haul systems using electronic dispersion mitigation, design and packaging results on a compact butterfly 10Gb/s transmitter, including the company's DSDBR laser and indium phosphide (InP) Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulator, showing excellent power, reach and eye quality over the full C band.
"The result of our 10Gb/s transmitter is a breakthrough performance in such a small package".
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"We will be bringing this product to market early next year, and are now engaging with key customers," said Mr Price.
"The packaging technology for this product is derived from our range of fixed wavelength InP transmitters, of which some 75,000 have already been manufactured".
"The very high performance of the new tunable component, coupled to its minimal butterfly footprint, will open the way to widespread cost effective tunability in many metro and long haul applications." Bookham will be showing a range of tunable products at its stand (no.
438) at ECOC, including its DS-DBR Integrated Tunable Laser Assembly (iTLA), Wideband Tunable Compact Mach-Zehnder (MZ) and Compact MZ.
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