II-VI Incorporated Announces Bi-Directional Optical Line Subsystem Platform for Datacenter Interconnects
March 08 2018 - 5:09PM
II-VI Incorporated (NASDAQ:IIVI), a leading provider of solutions
for optical networks, today announced the introduction of its
Bi-Directional Optical Line Subsystem (Bi-Di OLS) platform for
datacenter interconnects (DCI). The platform is optimized for
direct-detect DWDM transceivers, including the new COLORZ-Lite™
100G PAM4 based on the COLORZ® silicon photonics platform from
Inphi Corporation (NYSE:IPHI).
Cloud service providers require increasingly scalable, cost
effective and power efficient solutions to meet the rapidly growing
demand for DCI. II-VI’s previously announced OLS, together
with COLORZ-Lite data streams, enable data center operators to
achieve a combined transmission rate of up to 4 Tb/s over a 25 km
reach, in a compact one rack unit (1RU) form factor, over a pair of
fibers. The new Bi-Di OLS operates over only one fiber, which
doubles fiber utilization efficiency.
“Our Bi-Di OLS leverages II-VI’s broad portfolio of products,
including multiport mux/demux filters, amplifiers, circulators and
monitoring modules, to achieve a highly vertically integrated and
cost efficient solution,” said Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi, Vice
President, Product Marketing and Strategy, Optical Communications
Group. “Inphi’s COLORZ-Lite direct detect transceivers are a
perfect complement to the Bi-Di OLS.”
“Inphi has been deploying COLORZ at scale for Data Center
Interconnects and we are now pleased to extend our capabilities for
bi-directional single fiber applications,” commented Dr. Loi
Nguyen, founder, SVP, Optical Interconnect, Inphi. “COLORZ 100G
DWDM technology continues to enable cloud network operators to
reduce their total cost of ownership.”
The II-VI Bi-Di OLS and the COLORZ-Lite™ 100G PAM4 platforms
will be jointly demonstrated at OFC 2018 at II-VI’s booth
#2313.
II-VI at OFC, Mar. 13-15, 2018, Booth
#2313
II-VI will showcase new products at OFC 2018 that are driven by
advances in our materials and technology platforms to enable next
generation optical networks. The product showcase will include a
broad portfolio of products for ROADM line cards, highly compact
optical amplifier solutions tailored to enable high bit rate DWDM
transceivers, micro-optics assemblies for CATV networks,
micro-optics and optoelectronics for datacenter transceivers,
InP-based epiwafers and thermo-electric solutions.
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 the industrial, optical communications, military,
life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer 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 enable our customers. For more
information, please visit us at www.ii-vi.com.
Inphi, the Inphi logo, COLORZ and Think fast are registered
trademarks of Inphi Corporation. All other trademarks used herein
are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Mark LourieDir. Corporate
Communicationsmark.lourie@ii-vi.com www.ii-vi.com
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