Anaheim, California – March 21, 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 its 400G transceiver development for network interconnections in data center, cloud and other telecom applications.
“The drive for higher performance and higher density in optics is
increasing as transmission speeds move toward 400G,” said Tim Jenks, Chairman
and CEO of NeoPhotonics. “We are extending our high speed product family in a
manner which leverages both proven, high performance and high volume
capabilities, while providing an efficient path to high density and higher
speed,” continued Mr. Jenks.
NeoPhotonics 400G PAM4 (4-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation) CFP8 form
factor module development leverages the company’s comprehensive high speed
component technologies and achievements including:
· 28Gbaud high performance EML (Electro-absorption Modulated
Laser)
· High speed Opto-electronics packaging techniques
· High performance and low loss multiplexers.
NeoPhotonics 400G CFP8 transceiver will be compliant with the IEEE
802.3bs 400GBASE- LR8 / FR8 specifications for links up to 10km.
NeoPhotonics’ high speed module technologies from the company’s QSFP28
and CFP2 dual rate 100G LR4 products are leveraged in this new 400G CFP8 LR8/FR8
PAM4 development. Notably this also leverages the company’s demonstrated 100G
dual lambda PAM4 transmission introduced at ECOC 2015 and complying with the
400GBASE-LR8 standard.
“A number of market factors are driving the need for smaller and faster
400G Client Side transceivers, as the move to 400G cannot be reasonably achieved
by using the same 100G modules. We believe our 400G PAM4 CFP8 solution will
fulfill key market needs by leveraging the superior link performance of our high
performance EML lasers, while reducing power consumption through integration of
technology leading CMOS PAM4 chipsets,” said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of
NeoPhotonics.
For additional information on using higher-order modulation formats to
reduce the requirement for higher bandwidth devices with Pulse Amplitude
Modulation, or PAM4, refer to NeoPhotonics’ blog post at:
https://www.
Also, NeoPhotonics will have a live demo of its single wavelength
112Gbps link enabled by the company’s new 56 Gbaud EML with an integrated
driver, which creates the path to delivering 100G and 400G transceivers in
compact modules for datacenter applications.