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CIP launches 100Gb/s version of optical 2R regenerator
(Telecomworldwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
CIP Technologies, the trading name of The Centre for Integrated
Photonics Ltd, a manufacturer of photonic hybrid integrated circuits
and InP based optoelectronic chips, devices, arrays and modules, has
released a new 100Gb/s version of its all-optical 2R (reamplification
and reshaping) regenerator for optical networking applications.
CIP Technologies said that the new device, based on its HyBoard hybrid
platform, is fabricated from an integrated combination of an array of
the company's high-speed nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifiers
(SOA-XN) and planar silica Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs). The
component combination extends the signal regeneration properties of the
company's hybrid 2R device from data rates of 40Gb/s to 100Gb/s and
retains multi-channel capability.
The 100GXN-2R2-ORP measures 9 x 3 x 1cm and delivers a compact and
practical dual-channel building block for configuring advanced optical
networking systems. It may be used for inline 2R regeneration of RZ
(return to zero) signals in high-speed, optical network applications.
Its ability to perform additional functions, including wavelength
conversion, also extends the flexibility for network system developers.
Optical logic functions can be implemented by the combination of
components.
The device employs a combination of planar silica and indium phosphide
(InP) component technologies to achieve optimal performance. The two
types of component functions used are planar single-mode waveguides
with splitter/combiner elements configured to create a balanced MZI and
a monolithically integrated array of four nonlinear SOA-XNs. In
addition, special interface characteristics on both component types,
combined with a precision alignment technique, allow the 2R regenerator
devices to be assembled without active alignment, which makes the
finished component amenable to economic volume production, the company
said.
The company is also able to provide custom versions of the device,
including versions with integrated push-pull time delays and
all-optical XOR logic gates. No pricing details were disclosed.
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