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Source Photonics Launches Industry s First Single-Fiber 10Gb/s SFP+ Transceivers

^{Published on 2008-12-09 08:46:13 - Market Wire}
 

CHATSWORTH, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Source Photonics Inc. (a subsidiary of MRV Communications (Nasdaq:MRVC)), a leading provider of optical communication products used in telecommunication systems and data communication networks, today announced the availability of the industry's first 10Gb/s single fiber bidirectional SFP+ transceiver.

The single fiber bidirectional modules leverage Source Photonics' expertise in low-cost bidirectional optics packaging combined with high speed optical device technology. The result is a fully SFF-8431 compliant SFP+ module that transmits and receives on a single fiber. The single-fiber, bidirectional interface improves the efficiency of telecommunication networks by reducing fiber cost and simplifying fiber management.

The optical specifications are modeled after the 10-km 10GBASE-LR interface, but utilize two different wavelengths in the 1.3um window for upstream and downstream transmission. Based on Source Photonics' existing 10Gb/s SFP+ platform, the bidirectional modules have low power dissipation <1W, which is consistent with high-density applications.

"This is a natural evolution for the 10Gb/s market," said Emin Chou, Director of Product Development at Source Photonics. "As the 100BASE-BX and 1000BASE-BX single fiber interfaces have gained popularity in the past few years, going to a 10GBASE-BX type interface is a clear upgrade path for existing installations, and also opens up a whole new set of possible applications that previously did not exist in the 10Gb/s space."

The bi-directional SFP+ complements Source Photonics' broad portfolio of 10Gb/s products that includes SFP+ and XFP transceivers, and 300-pin transponders. The 10Gb/s bi-directional transceivers will also be offered in XFP form factor.

About Source Photonics

Source Photonics is a leading provider of optical communication products used in telecommunication systems and data communication networks. Source designs, manufactures, and sells a broad portfolio of optical communication products, including passive optical network, or PON, subsystems, optical transceivers used in the enterprise, access, and metropolitan segments of the market, as well as other optical components, modules, and subsystems. In particular, Source products include optical subsystems used in fiber-to-the-premise, or FTTP, deployments which many telecommunication service providers are using to deliver video, voice, and data services.

Source Photonics products enable telecommunication service providers to provide high-bandwidth video, voice and data services to keep up with today's evolving telecommunication networks and to enhance and upgrade their networks efficiently and economically.