SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 -- Alphion Corp. has introduced two new semiconductor optical amplifiers. These devices are specifically designed to address amplification of FTTx networks. The new products, based on the Alphion proprietary QLight photonic technology platform, are available in an industry-standard 14-pin butterfly package.
The QLight 1310-nm amplifier is designed to amplify upstream traffic while the QLight 1490-nm amplifier is designed to amplify the downstream traffic. These amplifiers are both protocol and data-rate independent and can be used as a transmitter power-amp, a receiver pre-amp, or as an in-line amplifier.
Chris Peterson, Alphion vice president of marketing, is confident about the market potential for these new devices. "These two new QLight amplifiers address the needs of the next generation of networks by expanding the limits of current GPON, EPON, and BPON architectures. Not only do these amplifiers extend the reach of current technology, they allow PON systems to support increased numbers of users per node and faster data-rates. Amplification also allows customers to consider new PON architectures that further extend the capabilities of FTTx networks."
General sampling of these two new amplifiers has already started and production shipments will begin in the late 2006.
The QLight™ platform is based on monolithic integration on InP and advanced packaging technologies. Alphion owns rights to over 35 issued and pending patents related to design, fabrication, and applications of photonic integrated circuits.
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