March 10, 2005 Anaheim, CA -- JDS Uniphase has announced plans for 30 new products at this week's OFC/NFOEC conference and exhibition. According to a press release, the company's planned product line extensions include components for transmission and amplification applications, datacom modules for storage and enterprise systems, FTTH components and modules, wavelength management modules for long haul, metro, and enterprise networks, and integrated optical subsystems for high power amplification and cable television broadband networks.
"The optical communications market is undergoing a significant transformation led by the consolidation of major service providers and by the accelerating demand for reconfigurable networks carrying video, voice, and data services," contends David Gudmundson, vice president of corporate development and marketing for JDS Uniphase. "System manufacturers, under increasing competitive pressure, are relying upon optical vendors with a broad range of intelligent and vertically integrated products to help them innovate and accelerate the development of their sophisticated multi-service platforms."
For FTTH and cable television markets, the company unveiled its Series 4800 uncooled multimode pump module, as well as a single-mode/multi-mode WDM combiner for multi-mode erbium doped amplifiers (EDFAs). The company has also expanded its line of EDFA optical subsystems, including products in its 14-27-dBm EDFA PONA 2000 Series and its 30-35-dBm EDFA PONA 3000 Series. The company says its PONA Series amplifiers offer low noise figure, gain flatness, low cost per milliwatt of output power, as well as a broad range of performance and alarm monitors.
Already available in a C-band model, the company's waveguide reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) is now available in L-band for system developers building DWDM networks for telecommunications, CATV/MSO, and enterprise applications. According to the company, the device offers high reliability, switching dynamic channel equalization, and optical channel monitoring and support across 32 channels.
The company says its waveguide ROADM complements its widely deployed Wavelength Blocker. At the conference, the company is also previewing future members of its wavelength management portfolio, including its multi-port wavelength switch (MWS), which provides colorless add/drop functionality for both 50 and 100 GHz, suitable for both long haul and metro markets.
According to the company, its new transmission optical sub-assembly (TOSA) products offer low-power dissipation, operate over a wide temperature range, and are compliant with RoHS standards for lead-free soldering requirements. Products include the company's 2.5-Gbit/sec uncooled Fabry-Perot 1310 nanometer TOSA, and its multi-source agreement (MSA) 2.5- Gbit/sec cooled 1550 nanometer TOSA with a directly modulated laser. In addition, the company is previewing a 10-Gbit/sec cooled 1550 nanometer TOSA with an externally modulated laser (EML).
According to the company, its receiver optical sub-assembly (ROSA) products offer excellent sensitivity, and are sized to fit both SFP and XFP form factor requirements for both telecom and datacom applications. The company's ROSAs include its 2.5-Gbit/sec avalanche photodiode (APD), its 10-Gbit/sec positive-intrinsic-negative (PIN), and its 10-Gbit/sec APD.
For storage and enterprise applications, the company says its 10-Gbit/sec X2 1310-nm transceiver is among the first to be X2 MSA-compliant. According to the company, the device supports all speeds for both 10-Gbit/sec Fibre Channel and Ethernet connectivity, as well as an extended set of X2 digital diagnostics monitoring options, and low power operation. The company also introduced its 10-Gbit/sec X2 850-nm and CX4 transceivers.
The company is also previewing its RoHS-compliant 4-Gbit/sec SFF/SFP transceivers, which provide multi-rate services, a wide operating temperature range from -15 to 85 degrees C, and support for extended digital monitoring and diagnostic options.
For the telecom market, the company has introduced its 2.5-Gbit/sec SFP DWDM, its 10-Gbit/sec multi-rate SR1 XFP, and its 10-Gbit/sec DWDM full band tunable transponder modules.
The company's new and planned products are being exhibited and previewed at the company's booth #1201 at OFC/NFOEC.