Coherent to Showcase Award-Winning 100G and 400G Coherent Transceivers at OFC 2023
March 01 2023 - 6:00AM
Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in transceivers for optical
communications, today announced that it will showcase its
award-winning 100G and 400G digital coherent optics (DCO)
transceivers across a live network and in multiple locations in the
exhibition area at OFC 2023 in San Diego, March 7-9, booth #3815.
“These transceivers will fundamentally change how optical
transport networks are deployed, simplifying network architectures
by eliminating unnecessary layers of equipment,” said Dr. Beck
Mason, Executive Vice President, Telecommunications, for Coherent.
“This will translate into a tremendous savings for network
operators, both in capital outlays and operational
expenditures.”
“Coherent transceivers need low power dissipation and form
factor compatibility with shorter-reach 100G transceivers for
volume deployment at the network edge,” said Andrew Schmitt,
Founder and Directing Analyst at Cignal AI. “We expect that the
demand for 100ZR coherent pluggable transceivers will emerge in
2024 as operators upgrade to higher speeds in optical access
networks.”
100ZR QSFP28-DCO Demonstration
The live demonstration at the Coherent booth will showcase the
100ZR QSFP28-DCO transceiver operating over more than 100 km of
fiber. Coherent expects to start shipping samples of the 100ZR
QSPF28-DCO to customers shortly after OFC.
The 100ZR transceiver is the industry’s first DCO transceiver
available in a QSFP28 form factor, the most commonly used form
factor for shorter-reach 100G transceivers. The Steelerton™ DSP,
developed by Coherent, is the first purpose-built DSP for 100ZR
applications. It is optimized for the lowest power dissipation and
smallest size. In the 100ZR module, the DSP is paired with a highly
efficient silicon photonics optical front-end and a power-optimized
tunable laser, resulting in a typical module power dissipation of
below 5W, less than half the power dissipation of competing
solutions.
400G QSFP-DD-DCO Demonstrations
In a separate demonstration, Coherent will showcase its DCO
transceivers operating on an Adtran/ADVA reconfigurable optical
add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) network as part of OFCnet. This will
include an interoperability demonstration of Coherent’s and
Acacia’s high transmitter output power 400G transceivers using the
OpenZR+ protocol.
Coherent will also be participating in the OIF 400ZR and Common
Management Interface Specification (CMIS) interoperability
demonstrations at the OIF booth. Coherent’s 400ZR transceivers will
be part of the largest demonstration to date of the 400ZR
ecosystem. The CMIS demonstration will showcase how a variety of
networking equipment can use a common and extensible management
interface to control and operate various transceivers and cables,
including Coherent’s high transmitter output power 400G ZR+
transceiver as well as a selection of Coherent’s shorter-reach 400G
transceivers and active optical cables.
Award-winning Optical Communications
Products
In September 2022, the 400G ZR+ QSFP-DD-DCO transceiver won the
2022 ECOC Exhibition Industry Award for Optical Integration. In
February 2023, the 100ZR transceiver was awarded a top rating of
5.0 by Lightwave Innovation Reviews.
About Coherent
Coherent empowers market innovators to define the future through
breakthrough technologies, from materials to systems. We deliver
innovations that resonate with our customers in diversified
applications for the industrial, communications, electronics, and
instrumentation markets. Headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania,
Coherent has research and development, manufacturing, sales,
service, and distribution facilities worldwide. For more
information, please visit us at coherent.com.
Contact
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Communicationscorporate.communications@coherent.com
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