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News Release from: Bookham | Subject: Telcordia GR-468-CORE pump module
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 February 2008
Pump module eases DSL replacement
The multimode laser diode allows service providers to extend triple-play service delivery to fibre customers located further away from the central office or the cable head-end.
Bookham has released a multimode pump module offering up to 6W power The pump module, designed to provide the power and reliability required for pumping next generation amplifiers in cable and FTTx networks, offers a 50% power increase from the previous generation of Bookham multimode pump modules
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Jul 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Telcordia GR-468-CORE qualified 6W un-cooled fibre coupled multimode laser diode allows service providers to extend triple-play service delivery to fibre customers located further away from the central office or the cable head-end.
The high power product supports various pumping applications and is enabling network providers to deliver a new class of optical amplifier based on erbium doped air-clad fibre technology, which enables providers to replace DSL running on coax/copper with GPON running on fibre to deliver higher capacity and improved quality of service.
The pump module offers up to 6W in a 105um multimode fibre and comes in a hermetically sealed two-pin package with floating anode/cathode.
The pump module is built on field proven technologies used within the market Bookham 980nm single-mode pump laser module series.
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