The new Tunable TOSA offers advance optical performance while tuning across over 90 channels on the 50GHz ITU grid. The new Tunable TOSA also enhances optical performance, which is similar to existing solutions utilizing discrete tunable laser and external lithium-niobate modulator. The company believes this will enable for the migration of existing 300-pin MSA modules to new smaller and pluggable form-factors.
Stephen Krasulick, vice president and general manager of EMCORE’s Fiber Optics Division, said, Increased density and flexibility are key requirements all the way up the value-chain, translating to reductions in both capital and operation expenditures at the carrier level. The EMCORE Tunable TOSA will be the optical engine that delivers these benefits into the 10 Gb/s DWDM market.
EMCORE is conducting private demonstrations of its new Tunable TOSA technology at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) in San Diego from March 24 to March 26, 2009. The company is planning to start early sampling to lead the customers within the first half of 2009.
EMCORE is a US-based provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems.
