Source Photonics launches portfolio of 50Gb/s transceivers for 5G mid-haul

Source Photonics Inc of West Hills, CA, USA (which provides optical connectivity products for data centers, metro and access networks) has announced a comprehensive portfolio of 50Gb/s products serving 5G mid-haul applications. The firm product portfolio leverages 30 years of high-speed optical transceiver development and high-volume shipments into wireless, data-center and routing applications, resulting in a broad portfolio of optical transceivers supporting data rates ranging from 125Mb/s to 400Gb/s and transmitting between 300m and 40km.

Source Photonics has leveraged early investments in signal integrity, firmware development and uncooled high-speed directly modulated laser (DML) packaging to release what is claimed to be the industry’s broadest 50G product portfolio.

Selected as the mid-haul data rate, 50Gb/s provides mid-haul bandwidth requirements not supported by 25Gb/s while also offering meaningful economic advantages over traditional 100Gb/s transceivers. Furthermore, 50Gb/s data-rate products support bi-directional applications, where fiber availability is scarce. Bi-directional capability is not yet available on multi-channel 100Gb/s products.

“We are pleased to announce a comprehensive portfolio of 50Gb/s products, which includes 50G QSFP28 LR & ER and 50G BiDi QSFP28 LR & ER to support 5G mid-haul applications,” says Dr Supriyo Dey, senior director of product line management (PLM). “This shows our commitment to support our customers with the growing demand for 50Gb/s products to enable the 5G ramp.”

Source Photonics’ portfolio of 5G mid-haul transceivers includes:

50G QSFP28 LR supporting 50GE link up to 10km on duplex single-mode fiber;
50G QSFP28 ER supporting 50GE link up to 40km on duplex single-mode fiber;
50G BiDi QSFP28 LR supporting 50GE link up to 10km on simplex single-mode fiber; and
50G BiDi QSFP28 ER supporting 50GE link up to 40km on simplex single-mode fiber.

Source Photonics is giving a live demonstration of the 50G BiDi QSFP28 ER over 40km fiber in booth 57 at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019) in Dublin, Ireland (23-25 September).

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