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13 March 2009

 

Bookham launches 600mW pump laser module in 80% reduced package size

Optical component and module maker Bookham Inc of San Jose, CA, USA has made available samples of what it claims is the first cooled small-form-factor, Mini-DIL pump laser module for network amplifiers, as well as the most powerful wavelength-locked single-mode Mini-DIL pump laser available (capable of delivering over 600mW of power). The module will reach full qualification by the end of Q1/2009.

The module delivers all the performance and functionality of a 14-pin butterfly pump in a package that is 80% smaller, while also reducing power consumption by 10%. The new product enables amplifier designers to reduce the size of low-noise erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) amplifiers, amplifier modules and cable TV (CATV) amplifiers. Bookham says that the 600mW Mini-DIL module also helps telecom equipment vendors to lower overall system energy consumption and to reduce running costs in the face of rising utility prices and increased environmental pressures.

“Similar pump modules that compete with this product are in 14-pin butterfly packages that are five times the size of this new high power module,” claims Mark Ives, director of product management. “This major size reduction allows telecom equipment vendors to save real estate within amplifiers and linecards, and to reduce the size and running costs of the facilities that house them,” he adds. “The potential energy and cost savings enabled by this development will be hugely disruptive.”

The module has a wide operating temperature of -20° to +75°, is Telcordia and RoHS compliant, and uses the same scalable and proven base alignment technology as other Bookham telecom pump lasers, including the 750mW Ultra high-power single-mode pump laser module, and the OceanBright submarine pump laser module. The 600mW Mini-DIL pump laser module incorporates the Bookham G08 chip, which has now achieved a combined total of over 300 million field hours.

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