Small form factor module is compliant to the OIF tunable laser MSA
FREMONT, CA – March 19, 2003 – Santur Corporation, a leading manufacturer of reliable, cost-effective source laser components for the telecommunications industry, today announced general availability of its next-generation Series 2000 product line. The TL-2010-C and TL-2020-C, which provide 10 and 20 mW, respectively, of tunability across the entire C-band, represent a dramatic step forward in making widely tunable laser sources a practical reality for telecommunications. These products have a smaller form factor, lower power dissipation and lower cost structure than before, and are compatible with the new OIF tunable laser MSA. Santur has sampled these as well as 20 mW L-band versions of the product to major network manufacturers worldwide.

The new products are based upon the same MEMS-switched, temperature-tuned DFB array technology pioneered by Santur, and first demonstrated in the Series 1000 products. The key Santur component that makes up the Series 1000 product has since been tested to Telcordia GR-468 standards, with additional shock and vibration testing, proving its robustness in extreme environments. As before, the heart of both product lines lies in the DFB array chip, which can be manufactured, tested, and screened just like ordinary DFBs. The Series 2000 module also incorporates an integrated wavelength locker, control electronics, and industry-standard interface electronics.

“ The release of our Series 2000 products means that widely tunable source lasers are more accessible to our customers than ever—with their small size, low power dissipation, low cost structure, and compliance to the dominant tunable laser MSA, we are responding to all the chief concerns in the marketplace,” commented Julian Osinski, Santur’s VP of Product Marketing. “This product and the tunable laser butterfly component inside of it will enable both widely tunable linecards and widely tunable 300-pin MSA transponders at a cost similar to that of narrow tunables. The barrier to adoption of widely tunables just got substantially lower.”

The Series 2000 products will be on display in the Santur booth at OFC 2003.

About Santur Corporation
Headquartered in Fremont, California, Santur Corporation is a vertically integrated manufacturer of high-performance tunable lasers for metro and long-haul WDM systems. The company’s patented DFB-array technology enables the fabrication of broadly tunable sources at the same performance and costs as fixed wavelength sources. Santur’s products have set a new standard in the industry with their unique combination of high-power achieved without the use of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), wide tunability with no possibility of mode hops, stability in harsh environments, and low cost. For more information, visit www.santurcorp.com, call 1-(866)-TUNABLE, or e-mail marketing@santurcorp.com.


Contact:
Julian Osinski
Vice President, Product Marketing
Santur Corporation
P: (510) 933-4100, ext. 236
F: (510) 656-7563
E-mail: marketing@santurcorp.com