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News Release from: Bookham | Subject: IGP28111
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 February 2005
Transceiver simplifies wavelength
management
An advanced transceiver module due for launch at OFC/NFOEC brings the advantages of SFP pluggable technology to 100GHz spaced dense wavelength division multiplexing applications.
Bookham will launch an advanced transceiver module at OFC/NFOEC (8th-10th March 2005, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California) The module brings the advantages of SFP pluggable technology to 100GHz spaced dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Compliant with MSA IGP28111, the module simplifies wavelength management, offers new configurations and provides a solution to fibre exhaust, as well as adding DWDM support to existing SFP cards.
Designed to conform to the standard of the emerging DWDM SFP MSA document, the new SFP device uses a compact transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA)-packaged version of the Bookham buried-heterostructure DM laser.
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"Industry samples of DWDM SFP modules have been available for close to one year now but none of these samples have been able to fully meet the required performance", said Robert Baker, VP of Product Management at Bookham.
"The availability of the Bookham DWDM SFP will change that and we are confident we will be one of the first with a fully performing, qualified production part".
"The product will open new market opportunities for our customers by combining DWDM capability with the well understood advantages of the pluggable SFP format".
"In addition, Bookham will continue with its discrete component offerings and its high-performance 50GHz spacing pluggable DWDM module - the MQ25".
The first in a new range of SFP and XFP DWDM pluggable modules, the IGP28111 is now shipping as final alpha samples.
Beta samples are scheduled for April and full production release with all C-band wavelengths will be available in the third quarter of this year.
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