Finisar Launches CWDM Modules

Finisar Corporation (Nasdaq: FNSR), a technology leader in gigabit fiber optic solutions for high-speed data and telecommunication networks, announced today its new line of Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM) APD GBIC modules, the FTR-1621-xx and FTR-1619-xx. Using Finisar's advanced APD technology, these transceivers are designed expressly for metropolitan area networks (MANs) requiring high-speed, optical communications at data rates from 125Mbps to 2.7Gbps and link budgets of up to 30dB.

The FTR-1621-xx and FTR-1619-xx GBICs provide a cost-effective solution for metro access topologies where gigabit-rate signals need to be transported between locations separated by metropolitan distances. Finisar's CWDM GBICs work with Finisar OADMs and Mux/Demux's to create sophisticated metropolitan area networks that address the key issues for network providers: Transparency, Scalability and Cost-Effectiveness.

The FTR-1621-xx is a multirate GBIC that operates at data rates from 125Mbps to 2.7Gbps with 28dB receiver sensitivity. The FTR-1619-xx operates at 1.0625Gbps Fibre Channel and 1.25Gbps Gigabit Ethernet data rates with 30dB receiver sensitivity.

The FTR-1621-xx and FTR-1619-xx are available in 8 wavelengths: 1470, 1490,1510, 1530, 1550, 1570, 1590 and 1610 nm.

As in all other Finisar optical GBIC modules, "smart" digital diagnostic functions are provided. These digital diagnostic functions provide calibrated real time measurements of the laser bias current, the transmitted optical power, the received optical power, and the internal transceiver temperature. They allow telecommunication and data communications companies to implement reliable performance monitoring of the optical link in a very accurate and cost-effective way.

Optical transceivers are utilized by telecommunications and networking equipment manufacturers in their optical transmission systems, to convert high-speed electrical signals to optical signals and vice-versa for transmission over fiber optic cables.

Finisar Corp. (Nasdaq: FNSR)