MOEC Introduces High Power Erbium-Doped Waveguide Amplifier
New WaveDaemon(tm) Gain Block Tops 20 dBm
WATERVLIET, New York -- March 8, 2002 - Molecular OptoElectronics Corporation (MOEC), today announced the availability of its high-power WaveDaemon(tm) erbium doped waveguide amplifier gain blocks, featuring more than 20 dBm of saturated output power. With its noise figure of 5.5 dB and peak gain of > 25 dB, the amplifier is suitable for booster applications, as well as multiwavelength uses, and microwave photonic systems.
Today's network designs, with their 10- and 40-Gbps line speeds, tunable components, multiple modulators, and optical switching, require economical optical amplification. This is in order to overcome component loss, or to provide higher power transmission and compensate for less sensitive receivers.
The high power and low noise of MOEC's WaveDaemon, unique among compact low-cost optical amplifiers, gives system designers flexibility in designing preamplification and power boosting schemes for modern networks. With its high power, a single WaveDaemon gain block can take the place of as many as 8 or more single-channel EDFAs or SOAs for multichannel sub-band amplification. And with their low noise figure, WaveDaemon gain blocks can be cascaded to achieve even higher gain.
MOEC will exhibit the WaveDaemon at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim, California, March 19-21, 2002.
About MOEC
MOEC is an established technology company that designs, manufactures and delivers innovative optical components that improve the performance of all fiber optic-based networks worldwide. Its award-winning Shadow® variable optical attenuator, and innovative WaveDaemon(tm) waveguide optical amplifier provide power control solutions for advanced optical communications. Founded in 1993, MOEC is based in Watervliet, NY, and has an additional manufacturing facility in Mannington, W. Va. A privately held company, MOEC is funded by Intel Capital, Lehman Brothers Venture Capital Group and Epoch Partners. Additional information on the company can be found at www.moec.com.
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