COHERENT TO PRESENT A BROAD PORTFOLIO OF NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS AT OFC 2024

PITTSBURGH, March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in optical communications components and subsystems, announced today that it will showcase its new products and technologies for next-generation optical communications networks at OFC 2024, March 26-28 at the San Diego Convention Center, Booth #3412. Coherent thought leaders will present at panels, technical sessions, and other OFC events.

RECENT PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Significant Advancements in VCSEL Performance

Bandwidth improvement in Coherent’s vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), paving the way for use in next-generation optical interconnects that will operate at 200 Gbps per lane. 200 Gbps VCSELs are expected to power future 1.6 Tbps transceivers.

• 6-inch Indium Phosphide Semiconductor Wafer Fabs

6-inch InP wafer fabrication introduced in both Coherent’s U.S. and European fabs to significantly reduce die cost for InP optoelectronic devices including lasers, detectors, and electronics.

• I-Temp 100G ZR QSFP28-DCO Module

Industry-first 100G ZR QSFP28 digital coherent optics (DCO) transceiver supporting an industrial operating temperature range; designed for deployment in outdoor environments, this module utilizes Coherent’s Steelerton™ digital signal processor (DSP), a purpose-built DSP component family launched in 2022, in conjunction with an efficient silicon photonics optical front-end and a power-optimized tunable laser.

• High-Power Uncooled Pump Laser Module

New uncooled pump laser modules able to deliver, in a compact 10-pin form factor, up to 1000 mW of output power for submarine applications and up to 2x700 mW of output power for terrestrial applications.

• Bi-Directional Circulator Adaptor

Bi-di circulator adaptor based on Coherent’s vertically integrated circulator technology that enables bi-directional transmission over a single fiber between two transceivers in a compact footprint compatible with all transceiver LC connector ports.

• Extended C+L-Band Grisms

A groundbreaking family of advanced, aberration-correcting, high-efficiency grisms and transmission gratings capable of encompassing the entire extended C+L band in a single optic.

• Microlens Array (MLA) Solution

Comprehensive and versatile platform for advanced collimation, focusing, and beam-shaping capabilities in a highly compact package: ideal for high-speed communication transceivers and modules, optical circuit switches, and LiDAR systems.

TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS:

• Optical Circuit Switch for Datacenters

300x300 port Datacenter Lightwave Cross-Connect (DLX™), an optical circuit switch based on the company’s field-proven and ultrareliable digital liquid-crystal technology to enable new AI network architectures that replace traditional packet switches with optical circuit switches.

• 200G per lane Linear Pluggable Optics for 800G

Demonstration of linear pluggable optics performance with 200 Gbps PAM4 electrical and optical lanes in an 800G-DR4 transceiver platform.

• 800G ZR/OpenZR+ QSFP-DD-DCO

Demonstration of 800G QSFP-DD-DCO in various setups: over an optical link of 450 km fiber, in datacenter router, and at OIF booth with 400G and 800G interoperability demo.

• 100G ZR QSFP28-DCO I-Temp Module
  Demonstration of the industry’s first 100G QSFP28 ZR supporting an industrial operating temperature range (-40°C to 85°C). The coherent transceiver is integrated with in-house purpose-built DSP, silicon photonics optical engine, and tunable laser.

• C+L-Band Transport Product Modules

Demonstration of ultrawide-band OCM, C+L-band EDFA, and 3x33 Flexgrid^® C+Lband twin wavelength selective switch (WSS) to meet the increasing demand for the expanded transmission bandwidth in DCI, metro, and long-haul applications.

TEST AND MEASUREMENT:

• WaveMaker® 4000A/X Programmable Optical Spectrum Synthesizer for C+LBand Operation - A compact, integrated source offering an out-of-the-box solution to provide suitable test signals for C+L-band systems.

• WaveShaper® 1000B/O Programmable Optical Filter/WaveShaper® 4000B/O Programmable Optical Processor - A Lightwave Innovation Reviews award recipient, this instrument concept is an enabler for testing WDM systems in the O-band, with a spectral range that covers all channels of LR4, LR8, and CWDM transmissions schemes.

PANELS:

• Show Floor Panel: Mobile Optics (MOPA) for the 6G Era
  Panelist: Gert Sarlet
  Tuesday, March 26, 11:00 a.m. PT
  Theater III

• Data Center Summit - DCS Panel I: ML/AI and Future Networks to Support It
  Organizer: Sanjai Parthasarathi
  Panelist: Vipul Bhatt
  Tuesday, March 26, 12:30 p.m. PT
  Theater II
  

• Show Floor Programs - CableLabs: Empowering Access Networks with Coherent Optics
  Speaker: Shawn Esser
  Wednesday, March 27, 11:30 a.m. PT
  Theater II

• Show Floor Programs - Coherent Optics Unleashed: From 400ZR Success to 800ZR/LR Advancements and 1600ZR Kick-off
  Speaker: Gert Sarlet
  Wednesday, March 27, 4:00 p.m. PT
  Theater I
  

CONFERENCE SESSIONS AND PAPERS:

• Session M2D: VCSELs and Modulator Technologies
  Presenter: Stefano Tirelli
  Monday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. PT
  Room 3

• Session W3A: Transmitters and Receivers
  Presenter: Efthymios Rouvalis
  Wednesday, March 27, 2:00 p.m. PT
  Room 1A

• Session Th1B: Datacom: VCSELs, Multi-Lambda Sources, Spatial Multiplexing
  Invited Speaker: Vipul Bhatt
  Thursday, March 28, 9:00 a.m. PT
  Room 1B