Next-generation Lasers for 100 Gb Optical Networks
Apogee Photonics is introducing new laser sources designed to meet the rapid demand for very high speed optical data links. In support of standards currently under development by the IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Study Group, Apogee Photonics is developing a family of uncooled coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) lasers that will support aggregate data rates of more than 100Gb/s. Two product variations, both under consideration by the IEEE study group, will be available: first, a 20Gb/s 1310nm EML used in a five-channel CWDM configuration and, alternatively, a 25Gb/s EML in a four-channel configuration. These CWDM-based approaches to 100Gb/s data links build on the highly successful LX4 implementation of 10GbE transponders, as well as the recently announced X40 1310nm CWDM solution for 40Gb/s links.
