re: Paxera Packs Tunable LasersThis has got to be either the single best story of a start-up ever (how to survive four years on $5M), or the start of another round of funding, having finally gotten their prototype working (after four years of development...)
Knowing at least one of the VCs behind them, my vote is on the latter...
But I beg to be corrected, and look forward to seeing their new product announcement on their still incomplete web page, along with its Telcordia qualification report...
re: Paxera Packs Tunable LasersWhy: I believe you're correct. Paxera is looking for its next round. To be fair, we contacted them for this story; they didn't come to us trolling for publicity.
O-man says: My question is: If you sell a sub component to a dull market...how do you make big money?
Not that I have an answer, but I'll add: isn't that the question for the whole optical components sector in general? Even as the recovery comes around, who's really going to make money here?
There is this FTTP (FTTH) market that you have plenty of articles on. Ever wonder why no big players are making components for that business? JDSU still think that Verizon is not going to be deploying PON?
re: Paxera Packs Tunable LasersPaxera's external cavities approach may have some advantages at the moment, ? but as previously mentioned lets see the Telcordia qualification, external cavity means lots of lenses and complicated package assembly which means stability problems. It also means cost. Lightreading what about the other external cavity people Intel and Pirelli how are they doing with regards Qualification, I presume as Intel have the fujitsu deal that laser is qualified.Pirelli ? Syntune any update ? and what about Bookham integrating (with external lenses in the package) with the MZ modulator. lightreading as you approached Paxera how about approaching the other lesser known suppliers besides Santur and JDSU (agility) By the way lets look at the component supplier involved which one of the big players is missing, and where are paxera based Hmm
re: Paxera Packs Tunable LasersCraig, "Not that I have an answer, but I'll add: isn't that the question for the whole optical components sector in general? Even as the recovery comes around, who's really going to make money here?"
the money is probably one or two layers up from component vendors... Kodos for Paxera getting cash, but what did they promise?
re: Paxera Packs Tunable LasersI can not for the life of me understand why people keep pouring more money into tunable lasers without also focusing on "a cost effective" tunable receiver. I guess when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail! +£
Knowing at least one of the VCs behind them, my vote is on the latter...
But I beg to be corrected, and look forward to seeing their new product announcement on their still incomplete web page, along with its Telcordia qualification report...
Right.
-Why