PALO ALTO, USA: GigOptix Inc. today announced the availability of samples of the LX8400, its 40G DPSK Mach-Zehnder modulator, using its proprietary Electro-Optical (EO) polymer technology and manufactured at a qualified telecom contract manufacturer.
The LX8400 is the first EO polymer Mach-Zehnder modulator that has been designed with volume manufacturing in mind. The device targets the fast growing telecom market’s 40G ultra-long-haul segment and competes favorably with existing technologies, such as Lithium Niobate, in terms of performance.
Ovum’s most recent Optical Component Forecast reports that 40G modulators will be the fastest growing segment of the telecom modulator market, growing at a 42 percent CAGR from $13M in 2009 to $105M in 2014.
GigOptix’s Electro-Optic polymer technology offers significant advantages over the existing crystalline semiconductor technologies used today.
These include: simpler manufacturing, larger bandwidth, smaller form factor, lower weight, lower drive voltages and immunity to radiation which is particularly important for defense and aerospace markets.
GigOptix also has carried out full thermal stability and FIT characterization of the product and is now in the process of aggressively reducing the device costs.
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