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NP Photonics Expands
Product Family with New Low-Cost, Ultra-Compact, High-Power Optical
Amplifier Modules NP
Photonics (Tucson, AZ), a manufacturer of miniaturized optical-fiber-based
components for long-haul, metro and access networks, has expanded its
product line with the introduction of the Scorpion Amplet MMP-HP7020, a
low-cost, ultra-compact, high-power optical amplifier module. Particularly useful for offsetting signal
loss created by DWDM and optical conditioning devices, this
high-gain, low-noise amplifier module
features 16 dBm of total output power and provides up to 20 dB of
gain across the C-Band while generating less than 5.5 dB of noise. The
Scorpion is completely controllable and comes with embedded monitoring
electronics and a mid stage access option. In addition, the new Scorpion
features a small-form-factor, MSA-compliant
footprint (90 x 70 x 12 mm), and complies with Telcordia GR-1312. “Our
new Scorpion amplifier offers a compelling combination of size,
performance and price,” said Chuck Chandler, NP Photonics’ CEO. “In
essence, the new Scorpion provides system
and subsystem designers with an
easy-to integrate device that lowers the cost and increases the
density of DWDM equipment.” NP Photonics can also customize the new
Scorpion into a dual-port device
with the same small footprint. The dual ports provide systems designers
with a hot spare option, or can give them the ability to run two fibers
with separate signals through the same compact device, further reducing
the size of systems and subsystems. The
introduction of the Scorpion Amplet MMP-HP7020 follows closely on
the heels of NP Photonics’ introduction of the world’s first
miniaturized optical-fiber-based amplifier products for long-haul, metro
and access markets. These products include pumped gain blocks and
single-stage amplifiers. The company also has recently acquired the
Compliant MEMS (CMEMS) technology of Solus Micro Technologies and now
offers a family of tunable filters. As
with all of NP Photonics’ amplifier products, the Scorpion
Amplet MMP-HP7020 is based
on the company’s proprietary Erbium Micro Fiber (EMF) technology in
which erbium-doped glass produces high optical gain over just a few
centimeters of fiber, rather than over many meters, as with traditional
erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs).
The result is a family of components similar in performance to
conventional EDFAs, but smaller, easier to integrate and far more cost
effective. NP
Photonics will feature its current family of fiber amplifiers and tunable
filters at ECOC stand #510, September 8-12, 2002, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The
company will also show its amplifiers, tunable filters and fiber lasers at
NFOEC booth #1501, September 15-19, 2002, in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1998, NP Photonics is the originator of the Erbium Micro Fiber Amplifier (EMFA) technology and is dedicated to the design manufacture and marketing of intelligent, low cost, compact fiber amplifiers and fiber amplifier arrays. The company is developing a wide family of products based on its EMFA technology platform. For more information visit NP Photonics website: www.npphotonics.com
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