CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), an industry-leading supplier of optical fiber and photonics, today introduced a new undersea optical fiber optimized for unrepeatered (short-haul) submarine networks. Corning's Vascade™ L1000 fiber demonstrates 30% greater information-carrying capacity than standard single-mode fiber, enabling network designers to achieve lowest-cost-per-bit transmission in their short-haul undersea networks.

The Vascade L1000 fiber is a single-mode fiber designed for the unique, often rigorous requirements of short-haul undersea networks operating at higher data rates, including 10 Gb/s. It offers the advantages of a high effective area fiber — maximizing information-carrying capacity by increasing the amount of optical power the fiber can carry without increasing susceptibility to non-linear effects. Also, Vascade L1000 fiber features low attenuation in the 1530-1565 nm operating window to allow greater reach and longer system lengths.

Tests conducted at Corning’s state-of-the-art submarine fiber testing and analysis laboratory show Vascade L1000 fiber offers significantly better performance at 30% tighter channel spacing than that of standard single-mode fiber, currently utilized in short-haul undersea networks. Tighter channel spacing allows network designers to pack more data into each wavelength, driving down the cost of bandwidth.

"Increasing the reach, channel count and transmission rate of optical fiber is key to a successful network, particularly when dealing with the complexities of submarine networks," said Alan Eusden, senior vice president and general manager, Corning Optical Fiber. "Corning is offering short-haul undersea network operators the technically advanced, application-optimized solution they need to achieve greater reach, speed and capacity, all at a significant cost savings."

Corning Inc.