WAVESPLITTER TECHNOLOGIES UNVEILS FIRST ALL-FIBER NARROW-CHANNEL-SPACED
WDM FOR METROPOLITAN WDM NETWORKS
Bellcore-compliant, low-insertion-loss design lets carriers reliably
add capacity and increase transmission distances in WDM metro networks
OFC, BALTIMORE, MD, March 06, 2000 -- WaveSplitter Technologies,
Inc. today unveiled the WaveMetro™, the fiber-optic industry’s
first narrow-channel-spaced wavelength division multiplexer (WDM)
device based on an all-fiber design. The resulting low-insertion-loss,
low-cost advantages of WaveSplitter’s WaveMetro are primed
to accelerate deployments of WDM metropolitan area networks (MANs)
by allowing larger area coverage while making it more economical
than ever before to meet anticipated bandwidth requirements.
Besides driving down WDM insertion loss, WaveMetro’s 100 percent
fiber manufacturing process supports wavelengths spaced as narrowly
as 5 nm apart with rapid customization of wavelength and channel
spacing. It also is the first such device to pass the most stringent
of Bellcore’sTM GR-1221 environmental tests for fiber-optic
network components, including the extremely demanding “damp
heat” test protocol.
As a result, MAN carriers and their system integrators can now
leverage WaveMetro-equipped WDM systems not only to economically
boost MAN capacities and transmission distances, but also to build
“dial-tone” reliability into their networks.
“Acceptance of WDM systems in the metropolitan market has
long hinged on two things: slashing the cost of adding network capacity
to support high traffic levels, and ensuring that the reliability
of critical network elements meets Bellcore standards,” said
Sheau Chen, Ph.D., President and CEO of WaveSplitter. “We’ve
accomplished both objectives with our WaveMetro WDM product. Now,
WaveSplitter’s industry-leading competencies in designing and
manufacturing reliable all-fiber components can do for MANs what
they’re already doing for long-haul voice and data communications:
help move large-scale deployments of high-capacity, all-optical
networks from vision to reality.”
Stronger signals lower MAN expansion costs
By enabling the transmission of multiple wavelengths through a single
optical fiber, WDM systems provide MAN carriers and their system
integrators with an affordable, streamlined way to increase MAN
channel counts -- and hence MAN capacities -- without having to
deploy additional fiber. The low insertion loss of the WaveMetro
generates significant additional cost savings as MAN carriers seek
to expand their networks by conserving signal strength. For example,
just a 1 dB decrease in component insertion loss, metropolitan area
coverage can increase as much as 40%. This lets a WaveMetro-equipped
WDM system transmit signals over a wider metropolitan area without
the need for installing optical amplifiers, which are high-ticket
network components this very cost-sensitive MAN market can ill-afford.
Availability
WaveSplitter’s WaveMetro is available now in production quantities.
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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