Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFOP), a supplier of fiber optic components and integrated modules for the optical network equipment market, announced the release of an all-passive Filter-Leaver for long-haul, regional and metro DWDM system applications. The Filter-Leaver is made possible by AFOP's patent pending v-collimator thin-film filter technology.
This completely passive filter solution allows for modular expansion of the optical network to over 160 channels. AFOP's Filter-Leaver is used to divide the C-Band or L-Band into ten sub-bands without interrupting a single channel. Each sub-band can contain eight 50 GHz channels, four 100 GHz channels, two 200 GHz channels or any combination, in a complementary modular format. The Filter-Leaver offers extensive freedom for scaling the DWDM network without sacrificing a single channel.
AFOP's Filter-Leaver features include high isolation, high wavelength accuracy and stability, low insertion loss, high directivity, an epoxy-free optical path, and low polarization dependent loss. AFOP's Filter-Leaver is available packaged in a LGX module or a board mount cassette with fiber pigtails.
AFOP also offers custom wavelengths, channel configurations and packaging of its Filter-Leaver upon request.
About AFOP:
Founded in 1995, Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets high performance fiber optic components and integrated modules. used by communications equipment manufacturers to deliver optical networking systems to long-haul, metropolitan and last mile access segments. For more information, visit www.afop.com.