In today’s information technology world optical networks are key enablers of communications networks, allowing people to rapidly transmit vast amounts of crucial information across both great and small distances. For carriers, such as AT&T, Qwest, and Sprint, the economics of these new optical networks requires a shift from fixed DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) to flexible DWDM networks, which require high-performance tunable optical devices and modules from Santur that they can rapidly provision through software.

As is the case for electronics, the technical difficulty and cost of an array of components has only a marginal complexity and cost increase compared to the fabrication of a single unit. With the power of integration of optical and electronic devices, Santur is developing a family of opto-electronic products to meet the needs of next generation optical networks.

Introducing the Series 2000 products: OIF tunable laser MSA compliant, high performance widely tunable laser sources for advanced optical networking systems. These devices provide up to 20mW of power over the entire C-Band (36 nm), and offer the high spectral fidelity required by high data rate, metro or long-haul DWDM fiber optic transmission systems.