SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Blue Sky Research, a privately held developer and manufacturer of high-performance, cost-effective optical network components, today announced the preliminary release of its Programmable ITU Laser for DWDM-based Optical Networks. Compared to conventional tunable lasers, Blue Sky Research's Programmable Laser generates high optical output power over a wide tuning range, with fast, non-mechanical tuning and simple control circuitry. The Programmable Laser will be produced in a compact butterfly package design.

"We've taken a novel approach to solving the engineering challenges of tunable lasers: wide tuning range, narrow channel spacing, wavelength stability, and power and reliability, by utilizing an ingeniously straightforward design," said Dan Hu, president and CEO of Blue Sky Research. "The Programmable ITU Laser highlights our 'outside-the-box' design approach."

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