II-VI Incorporated Wins ECOC 2021 Most Innovative Product/Optical Integration Award for 400G Integrated Coherent Transceiver Technology
October 05 2021 - 9:00AM
II‐VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI), a leader in coherent optical
components, modules, and subsystems, today announced that its
Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) Type (2) Integrated Coherent
Transmitter & Receiver Optical Subassembly (IC-TROSA) for 400G
transmission has won the 2021 Industry Award from the European
Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) Exhibition in the
category of Most Innovative Product/Optical Integration.
Communications service providers are planning to deploy new
network architectures that will considerably reduce capital
expenditures and operating expenses by leveraging next-generation
transmission technology. II-VI’s IC-TROSA is a 400G transmission
technology with a combination of high output power, small size, and
low power consumption that enables the elimination of an entire
layer of optical equipment, dramatically reducing capital outlays
and greatly simplifying network operation.
“The IC-TROSA is based on advanced proprietary indium phosphide
technology,” said Patrik Evaldsson, Vice President & General
Manager, II-VI Järfälla. “Indium phosphide is an intrinsic enabler
of 0 dBm output power in 400G digital coherent optics transceivers,
yet with low enough power consumption to be suitable for the small
QSFP-DD form factor.”
“We are honored to win this award and excited about our IC-TROSA
product,” said Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi, Chief Marketing Officer,
II-VI Incorporated. “The availability of 400G with such high output
power in a QSFP-DD form factor is a game-changer due to its
compatibility with router interfaces. Now, service providers can
connect routers directly to access, metro, and regional optical
transport networks without client interfaces. This type of network
architecture, such as IP-over-DWDM, achieves huge savings in
upfront costs and ongoing expenses.”
II-VI’s IC-TROSA was announced in early 2020 and is now in
volume production. It integrates all the optical functions of a
coherent transceiver into one digitally controlled subassembly that
customers can interface to the DSP of their choice. It is the first
of its kind to conform to the Type-2 form factor specified in the
OIF IC-TROSA implementation agreement and to support optical
performance compatible with both 400ZR+ and the OpenROADM
multi-source agreement (MSA).
About II-VI Incorporated
II-VI Incorporated, a global leader in engineered materials and
optoelectronic components, is a vertically integrated manufacturing
company that develops innovative products for diversified
applications in communications, industrial, aerospace &
defense, semiconductor capital equipment, life sciences, consumer
electronics, and automotive markets. Headquartered in Saxonburg,
Pennsylvania, the Company has research and development,
manufacturing, sales, service, and distribution facilities
worldwide. The Company produces a wide variety of
application-specific photonic and electronic materials and
components, and deploys them in various forms, including integrated
with advanced software to support our customers. For more
information, please visit us at www.ii-vi.com.
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Mark Lourie |
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Vice President, Corporate Communications |
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corporate.communications@ii-vi.com |
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