NeoPhotonics Corp. (NYSE: NPTN) says it now offers Class 60 versions of its Coherent Driver-Modulator (CDM) and Micro Intradyne Coherent Receiver (Micro-ICR) to support systems that require performance at 100 Gbaud and above. The company foresees the devices supporting single-wavelength applications at 800 Gbps and higher. The Class 60 CDM and Micro-ICR leverage the same hardware envelope as the company’s Class 40 components.
Class 60 polarization-multiplexed CDM features a co-packaged InP modulator with four linear, high-bandwidth, differential drivers. It is designed to provide low V-Pi, low insertion loss, and a high extinction ratio. The compact package is designed to be compliant with the form factor of the OIF Implementation Agreement #OIF-HB-CDM-01.0.
The Class 60 Micro-ICR is designed for 100+ Gbaud symbol rates, more than tripling the rate of standard 100G ICRs. Its package is designed to be compliant with the OIF Implementation Agreement OIF-DPC-MRX-02.0.
The Class 60 components improve the speed-over-distance performance of NeoPhotonics’ Class 50 predecessors by increasing the 3-dB bandwidth from 50 GHz to 60 GHz. The Class 60 suite will enable customers to implement single-wavelength transmission near 1 Tbps over data center interconnect (DCI) distances and as well as long-haul 400~500-Gbps transmission, the company asserts. The devices are available in compact form factor packages suitable for use in pluggable modules and compact daughter cards. They also work well with NeoPhotonics “Nano” ultra-narrow linewidth external cavity tunable laser.
“NeoPhotonics has supported our customers by being first to volume production of our products at each new speed node. We are pleased to now offer Class 60 coherent modulators and receivers, which along with our ultra-narrow linewidth external cavity ‘Nano’ tunable laser, provide a complete suite of components enabling customers to increase the data rate per wavelength to 1T and beyond,” commented Tim Jenks, chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. “We are continuing to extend the bandwidth of our Indium Phosphide coherent integration platform to serve the highest speed-over-distance applications,”
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