03/25/2024
For Immediate Release
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:
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 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.
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.
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-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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
- 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