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Oclaro shows ‘100G leadership’
Oclaro (NASDAQ: OCLR), a tier-one provider and innovator of optical communications and laser solutions, debuted a range of 100G products and technologies in Amsterdam, as well as providing a number of key speakers for industry panels. Jim Haynes, President of Oclaro’s Global Business, commented, "Oclaro has been able to leverage decades of optical expertise to deliver a complete portfolio of 100G solutions that provide the performance, reliability, small form factor and low power consumption that customers need to deploy and interface with today's high-speed coherent networks."
On show, among other products, was Oclaro’s latest “second-generation 100G CFP (Centum Gbit/s form-factor pluggable) transceiver and first-generation CFP2 100G transceiver designed for 10km transmission over single-mode fiber. These low power transceivers represent the industry's first interoperable CFP and CFP2 solutions available and designed for 100G networks for the core, metro, access, enterprise and datacenter deployments.
Finisar’s WaveShaper and 100GE CFP2 module
Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR) demonstrated its new WaveShaper 2000S Polarization Processor and WaveShaper 4000S Fourier Processor, describing both devices as enabling more thorough system testing and reduced development time for optical components and systems.
In addition, Finisar showed its 100 GE (Gigabit Ethernet) CFP2 module, based on the CFP2 MSA form factor. This high-density, hot-pluggable optical transceiver is designed for standards-compliant 100GBASE-LR4 and OTU4 applications. It is optically interoperable with Finisar’s existing 10km 100GE CFP modules. Lower power dissipation is a very critical feature for high port-count line cards that utilize the CFP2 form factor.
JDSU highlights 100G technologies
JDSU, a key developer of optical products and test & measurement systems for communications launched new test technology including the 100G CFP 2 Testing System, which JDSU claims to be the world’s first solution for testing next-generation 100G networks with CFP 2 modules.
Furthermore, JDSU’s new 100G Multichannel Test Solution enables design verification of Optical Transport Networks at 32 times the speed of previous testers. The company commented, “By testing multiple Optical Channel Data Units simultaneously instead of by traditional sequential tests, component and system vendors can ensure the key switching capabilities for 100G transmission products.
Also emphasizing the communications sectors transition to 100Gbit/s and above, JDSU presented its 40-100G transmission components and modules, of which the company said, “Modulators and receivers are being shipped in volume to NEMs (nanoelectromechanical systems manufacturers) for high-speed networks that operate at 40G and 100G data rates. JDSU now also offers custom solutions for 40G and 100G modules.” |
