MARCH 1 2010 -- RED-C Optical Networks Ltd. has launched its new Compact 70x90 Variable Gain EDFA.

As its name implies, the variable-gain (VG) EDFA module has a 70x90-mm footprint package; it is software and hardware compatible to standard multi-source agreement (MSA) 70x90 fixed-gain (FG) EDFAs. Thus, it can be easily mounted on any existing line card designed to accommodate MSA FG EDFAs, according to RED-C.

The amplifier is designed to provide a large dynamic gain range, superior gain flatness, and very low noise figure over all its operation conditions. The fast AGC digital control electronics provides very stable gain and excellent transient suppression, RED-C asserts.

The VG EDFA in a 70x90-mm package enables a flexible approach to amplifier design, adds the company, whereby FG and VG EDFAs can be mixed and matched on the same line card to support all amplifier configurations, such as single stage, dual-stage with mid-stage access, and east/west separation for ROADM applications.

Yossi Boker, RED-C president and CEO, commented, “By reducing hardware costs, footprint, and power consumption, the compact VG EDFA allows our customers to better meet their system design challenges.”

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