WAVESPLITTER TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCE MAJOR SUPPLY CONTRACT
WaveSplitter closes a long-term supply agreement with an unnamed,
long-haul system integrator for its WavePump pump laser combiner.
OFC, Baltimore, MD, March 6, 2000 – WaveSplitter Technologies,
Inc. today announced a strategic supplier agreement with an unnamed
long-haul system integrator for its WavePump pump laser combiner.
WaveSplitter’s responsiveness, capacity, and product reliability
were key differentiators cited as the basis for awarding the supply
contract for significant volume over the next 12 months.
WaveSplitter met all of customer’s criteria
WaveSplitter demonstrated the responsiveness required to rapidly
transition ideas from design to manufacturing to meet the customer’s
demanding schedule. Equally significant was the fact that the WavePump™
is the first all-fiber pump combiner to successfully pass key BellcoreTM
reliability tests for fiber-optic components, including the demanding
“damp heat” test.
WaveSplitter has devoted substantial company resources to designing
the fiber-optic industry’s highest levels of reliability into
its pump laser combiners, dense wavelength division multiplexers
(DWDMs), and other products – levels aimed at exceeding Bellcore
specifications, said Sheau Chen, Ph.D., President and CEO of WaveSplitter.
“Now those efforts are starting to pay off in a big way,”
Chen said. “System integrators are designing systems to meet
the explosive growth in bandwidth demand and higher power amplifiers
are a key element. We’re delighted the WavePump will raise
the performance bar in that important market segment.”
All-fiber pump combiner streamlines amplifier design
Pump laser combiners such as WaveSplitter’s WavePump provide
a cost-effective, flexible way to add more pump lasers to an optical
amplifier. By combining the output of multiple pump laser diodes
and increasing the output of the optical amplifier, pump combiners
help enable the greater signal amplification needed as channel counts
and bit rates increase to handle the exponential growth in network
traffic.
Because WaveSplitter’s WavePump employs an all-fiber design,
it has a number of advantages over competing technologies. A key
benefit is its low insertion loss, which minimizes the amount of
wasted pump power. The WavePump can also be used to combine many
pump lasers, not just two, which translates into higher power from
the optical amplifier. This is an increasingly critical issue to
meet tomorrow’s bandwidth requirements.
The WavePump’s all-fiber design also has much higher power
handling capabilities, again allowing the design of higher power
amplifiers which are needed for high channel count, high bit rate,
and long transmission distance systems. The WavePump is available
for use with 1480 nm, 980 nm, or Raman amplifiers, and at a price
less than competing technologies.
About WaveSplitter Technologies, Inc.
WaveSplitter Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets reliable, highly scalable, cost-effective components for optical amplifier and DWDM systems for both long-haul and metropolitan area network applications. WaveSplitter's high-performance fiber and planar lightwave circuit components increase network bandwidth capabilities and offer a unique combination of low signal loss and modular expandability at an economical value. WaveSplitter was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. WaveSplitter is a trademark of WaveSplitter Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
For more information, reporters can contact:
Lisa Blair
WaveSplitter Technologies, Inc.
Phone: 510-651-7800 x 243
Fax: 510-580-1395
E-mail: lisa_blair@wavesplitter.com
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