OE Solutions introduced two new Digital Coherent Optical (DCO) transceiver modules for applications in access networks. Both are available with optional EDFA booster amplifier and tunable optical filter.
- Reduced-power 100G QSFP28 DCO transceiver -- a result of OE Solutions’ continued focus on reducing the power consumption of coherent transceivers for access applications. Current improvements to the designs enable a device with a maximum power consumption below 10W allowing the transceivers to be used in more network elements. The 100G QSFP28 DCO without booster amplifier exhibits a power consumption of less than 10W. It will sample in May of this year and be generally available in June.
- 400ZR QSFP-DD DCO -- available with or without EDFA booster amplifier and tunable optical filter, is the first product in a series of 400G DCO transceivers that will include also ZR+ and OpenROADM variants in the future. The 400ZR device leverages 60GB components and 16-QAM encoding. Samples of the 400ZR QSFP-DD DCO transceiver will be available in August, and generally availability will be in October of this year.
“We are excited about this enhancement of our DCO portfolio giving our customer additional options for optimizing access networks to accommodate the growing bandwidth needs at the edge of the network”, said Walter Lee, Vice President and General Manager of the Optical Transceiver Business Unit. He continued, “We will continue to focus our development on coherent transceiver variants targeting the particular needs of access networks with their broad range of requirements and deployment environments”.
