Press release
GIGATERA DEMONSTRATES ALL-OPTICAL 40 GHZ PULSE SOURCE
AT THE OPTICAL FIBER CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.
March 18, 2002
Zurich, Switzerland - GigaTera demonstrates an all-optical 40 GHz
pulse source for fiber-optic communications at the Optical Fiber Conference
(OFC) in Anaheim, California on March 19. A planar waveguide multiplexer,
developed in collaboration with IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, was used
to multiply the frequency of the company’s ERGO pulsed laser to 40
GHz.
According to CEO Andros Payne "Generating light pulses at rates as
high as 40 billion pulses-per-second (40 GHz) is one of the key remaining
challenges to increase the bandwidth of current communications networks.
We believe our approach has the advantages of simplicity and compactness”.
GigaTera used its 10 GHz ERGO Pulse Generating Laser, which requires neither
active modulation nor a high frequency electronic driver to generate the
optical pulses.
About GigaTera
GigaTera Inc. is developing high performance components for next generation
optical networks. The company is specialized in the development of all-optical
pulse generating lasers. GigaTera is based near Zurich Switzerland and
has raised US$ 9 million in venture capital to date. Information about
GigaTera Inc. is available on the Internet at www.gigatera.com
About IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
IBM Zurich is one of IBM’s eight worldwide research centers. The
novel time-division multiplexers developed with GigaTera are based on
IBM Zurich's planar optical waveguide technology. Using standard chip-manufacturing
equipment, IBM Zurich’s scientists have developed waveguides based
on silicon oxynitride (SiON).
Contact:
GigaTera
Joy Morozov
Marketing Manager
Lerzenstrasse 16
8953 Dietikon, Switzerland
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| Telephone | +41 (0)1 745 73 00 |
| Fax | +41 (0)1 745 73 01 |
| joy.morozov@gigatera.com | |
| Internet | www.gigatera.com |
Gian-Luca Bona
Säumerstrasse 4
8803 Rüschlikon
Switzerland
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| Telephone | +41 1 724 85 21 |
| Fax | +41 1 724 89 64 |
| glb@zurich.ibm.com | |
| Internet | www.zurich.ibm.com/st/optics/index |