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CIP Technologies – Monolithically integrated reflective SOA-EAM for WDM and DWDM networks at ECOC

CIP Technologies, a company with a long history of photonics innovation, today announced the release of major new product, the R-SOA-EAM-1550, at the ECOC 2009 conference in Vienna, Austria. This novel device monolithically integrates a semiconductor optical amplifier with a reflective electro-absorption modulator, to combine high optical gain with high speed modulation capability. The R-SOA-EAM-1550 offers high output power, low power consumption, and low sensitivity to input polarisation, making it suitable for DWDM transmission at speeds of 10 Gb/s over fiber optic links of up to 80 km. The device is ‘colorless’ and a single device may be used across the entire C-band.

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Using colorless modulators with remote DWDM light sources is becoming a viable alternative to expensive tuneable lasers in WDM-PON and metro applications, commented David Smith, CTO of CIP Technologies. This level of device performance represents a breakthrough that will simplify and cost-reduce future deployments.

The R-SOA-EAM-1550 also incorporates standardised design features to make it compatible with the CIP HyBoard® photonic integration platform. This new device is an important addition to the toolkit of optical devices that will be integrated in the future, said Smith.

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