NeoPhotonics Announces Sample Availability of 100G Class 3 Coherent Pluggable CFP2-ACO
Increases Port Density and Allows Efficient Deployment of 100G and
200G Bandwidth as Traffic Grows
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 18, 2016--
NeoPhotonics (NYSE: NPTN), a leading designer and manufacturer of
advanced hybrid photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and
subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high-speed communications networks,
today announced initial sample availability for the ClearLight ™
CFP2-ACO (Analog Coherent Optics) Class 3 Coherent Pluggable Module.
Building upon NeoPhotonics recognized strength in components for
coherent transport systems, this product is the first in a series of
high performance pluggable modules and represents an expansion to the
company’s coherent product suite to meet growing demand for high density
coherent solutions for both telecom and datacenter networks.
The ClearLightTM CFP2-ACO combines all of the optical
functions necessary for a coherent transponder in a standard form factor
compact pluggable module and is designed to fully support the Optical
Internetworking Forum (OIF) “Implementation Agreement for CFP2-Analog
Coherent Optics Module” (OIF-CFP2-ACO-01.0, January 22, 2016) for Class
3. (For a description of the Classes of CFP2-ACO, please see the
NeoPhotonicsblog.)
The module incorporates NeoPhotonics leading ultra-narrow linewidth
external cavity tunable laser and high responsivity integrated coherent
receiver, exhibits low electrical power consumption and is suitable for
100G DP-QPSK and 200G 16QAM operation. The ClearLightTM Class
3 CFP2-ACO is compatible with DSP (digital signal processor) solutions
from multiple vendors and places the control of the optics outside the
module with the DSP.
“We are pleased to announce initial customer sampling for the emerging
Coherent Pluggable market with our first CFP-2 ACO module in a Class 3
configuration,” said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. “We
are building upon our core strength in advanced hybrid photonic
integrated circuits to combine multiple different functions in a compact
module utilizing the right material technology for each element. This
will allow us to follow this first product with a series of modules to
meet the ever increasing performance demands of future networks,”
continued Mr. Jenks.
In addition to demonstrating this new CFP2-ACO, NeoPhotonics will
exhibit at the OFC Conference next week in Anaheim, California its suite
of standard and small form factor PIC-based components for 100G coherent
line-side applications, along with its 100G client-side CFP2 and QSFP28
transceivers and its next generation multicast switch for contentionless
networks (booth 3301 at the Anaheim Convention Center, March 22nd-24th).
About NeoPhotonics
NeoPhotonics is a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced hybrid
photonic integrated optoelectronic modules and subsystems for
bandwidth-intensive, high-speed communications networks. The Company’s
products enable cost-effective, high-speed data transmission and
efficient allocation of bandwidth over communications networks.
NeoPhotonics maintains headquarters in San Jose, California and ISO
9001:2000 certified engineering and manufacturing facilities in Silicon
Valley (USA), Japan and China. For additional information visit www.neophotonics.com.
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