MARCH 23, 2010 The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) membership has voted to approve an implementation agreement (IA) for the 100G Integrated Polarization Multiplexed (PM) Quadrature Modulated Transmitter.
The implementation agreement supports DP-QPSK as a modulation format as specified in the OIF’s 100G Framework Document and also specifies operating rates as fast as 32GBd.
The IA strives to remain modulation format and data rate agnostic to maximize applicability to other future applications.
“The transmitter IA is the first project completed from the Framework Document that defines one of the most complex components of the 100G DWDM transmission system,” says Karl Gass of Sandia National Labs and the OIF’s Physical Link and Layer Working Group vice chair. “The member companies are working together at this early stage in order to accelerate the adoption of 100G technology by defining common building blocks.”
This week at OFC/NFOEC the OIF is hosting a Components Showcase in Booth #3041.