March 4, 2005 Berlin, Germany -- MergeOptics, a supplier of fiber-optic components and subsystems, has announced the availability of its X2 LX4 transponder. According to the company, the highly integrated optical transponder, designed for high-speed 10Gbit/sec data transmission applications, represents the second generation of LX4 standards based products.
The transponder fully complies to X2 MSA 3.0 and IEEE 802.3ae standards, and is capable of data rates up to 10.3125 Gbit/sec over 300 m of legacy 62.5 micron multimode fiber (MMF), and over 10 km of singlemode fiber (SMF). With an end-of-life power dissipation of less than 4 W, the module is suited for 10GbE datacom (rack-to-rack, client interconnection) and LAN applications. The company's products are fully compliant with EU restriction of hazardous substances (EU-RoHS) requirements.
According to a press release, the basis for the company's X2 and XENPAK LX4 modules is its OptoPack smart building block technology, a highly integrated, hermetically sealed, small form factor development platform comprising the module's transmitter and receiver optical sub-assemblies. The 3.125-Gbit/sec sub-assemblies used in the LX4 transponders contain an uncooled DFB laser, which according to the company produces a very economical, low- power budget device. Sub-assemblies are available in four fixed wavelength versions 1275.5 nm, 1300.2 nm, 1324.7 nm, and 1349.2 nm.
The company will feature the modules in a live product demonstration at next week's OFC/NFOEC conference, in booth 2259.