Anaheim, California – March 21, 2015 – NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading designer and manufacturer of hybrid photonic integrated circuit based modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high speed communications networks, today announced that it will conduct demonstrations of 100G to 400G transmission for customers at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference in Anaheim, California, March 22 to 24.  These demonstrations are enabled by new products for 100G to 400G Telecom and Datacenter networks, including a CFP2-ACO Class 3 pluggable module, a 45 Gbaud integrated coherent receiver (ICR) and a 56 Gbaud Electro-absorption Modulated Laser (EML).  

First, the operation and OSNR performance of NeoPhotonics ClearLightTM CFP2-ACO Class 3 pluggable coherent module will be illustrated in a loop-back DP-QPSK 100G configuration.  The pluggable module incorporates NeoPhotonics leading ultra-narrow linewidth power efficient tunable laser and high responsivity coherent receiver and is also suitable for 200G DP-16QAM operation. 

Second, NeoPhotonics new 45 Gbaud micro coherent receiver will be used with the company’s ultra-narrow linewidth tunable laser to show the BER and OSNR performance of a single wavelength 400G Datacenter Interconnect link utilizing a 45 Gbaud DP-32QAM configuration.  This demonstration also includes NeoPhotonics off-line digital signal processing algorithms.   Furthermore, this configuration can also be used for 200G transmission over long haul reaches with 45 Gbaud DP-8QAM, and 300G transmission over metro reaches with 45 Gbaud DP-16QAM.

Finally, a single wavelength 112 Gbps link enabled by NeoPhotonics new 56 Gbaud EML with integrated driver in a PAM4 configuration will be shown for intra-datacenter connections of up to 2km.  This configuration can also be utilized to make a four wavelength 400G intra-datacenter transceiver module.

“The drive for higher density optics has not reduced the requirements for high performance, particularly as transmission speeds move toward 400G, making it imperative to select the best technology for each function,” said Tim Jenks, Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics.  “These demonstrations combine several elements of our advanced hybrid photonic integration technology, including our hybrid silica/InP ICR, our ultra-narow linewidth tunable laser, as well as our integrated high speed EML and driver, and illustrate how high performance can be achieved by closely combining different technologies for different functions in a compact form factor,” continued Mr. Jenks.

NeoPhotonics will also exhibit at OFC in booth 3301 its suite of standard and small form factor PIC-based components for 100G to 400G coherent line-side applications, along with its 100G client-side and datacenter  CFP2 and QSFP28 transceivers, its multi-cast switches for “contentionless” ROADMs and its next generation transceivers for access.