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 BERLIN, Germany, Sep 16, 2010 VI Systems GmbH, a leader in ultra-high speed optical components for data communications will present an update on their 25 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology and packaging results during the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2010 from Sep 19-23 in Turin, Italy. The Chief Technology Officer of VI Systems GmbH, Dr. James Lott, will present the performance characteristics of state-of-the-art high-speed VCSELs operating with extreme temperature stability throughout the linear output power versus current region, and demonstrate that high-speed VCSELs are ready for product insertion in short-range optical communication systems.

 VI Systems developed the VCSEL products at a wavelength of 850 nm along with a range of  extremely fast integrated circuits based on the SiGe BiCMOS (silicon-germanium bipolar junction transistors in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) technology. The company uses a patent pending micro-assembly platform for the integration of the opto-electrical components and for alignment to a standard high performance multi-mode glass-based fiber. The low cost design enables the massive deployment of such optical interconnects for high bandwidth data communication.     

 The targeted applications include short-reach and very short-reach optical receivers, transmitters, and transceiver modules used in optical communication networks as well chip-to-chip optical interconnects used in the high performance computing industry. Future serial standards for data rates of higher than 14 Gbit/s are currently developed or on the roadmap within the Common Electrical Standard (CEI-25/28 Gbit/s), Fibre Channel 16 Gbit/s and 32 Gbit/s, and IEEE Ethernet 40/100 Gbit/s, Infiniband EDR (26 Gbit/s per lane), Intel Light Peak up to 100 Gbit/s as well as in a number of custom specific applications.