Codeon Is Telcordia-Compliant

COLUMBIA, Md. -- CODEON Corporation, a leading designer andmanufacturer of state-of-the-art modulators, optical transponder componentsand modules for the fiber optic telecommunications industry, announcedtoday that its Mach-10 Product Line, a family of high performance 10+ Gb/sExternal Optical Modulators, has successfully completed qualification tothe stringent requirements of Telcordia GR-468-CORE for use intelecommunication systems. Telcordia qualification is significant becauseit demonstrates that CODEON’s Mach-10 Product Line meets the long-termreliability standards required by today’s telecommunication sub-system andsystem integrators.CODEON’s Mach-10 Product Line includes the 10 Gb/s Intensity Modulator, the12.5 Gb/s Intensity Modulator, the 20 Gb/s UHB (Ultra-High Bandwidth)Intensity Modulator and the 10 Gb/s Intensity Modulator with VariableOptical Attenuator. Currently, all modulators in the Mach-10 family arebased on the Mach-Zehnder interferometric architecture usingtitanium-indiffused x-cut lithium niobate substrates for “chirp-free”operation.“CODEON has always prided itself on making the highest quality opticalcomponents,” stated Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, President, CTO, and Founder ofCODEON. “In passing the stringent requirements of Telcordia GR-468, CODEONhas now also demonstrated that our devices deliver high reliability andstability, ensuring our customers that they can confidently integrateCODEON’s devices into their current systems and into future system designs.”Codeon Corp.