Picolight Launches Transceivers

BOULDER, Colo. -- Picolight Inc. today announced availability of the first member of its E x t e n s u s(TM) family of long-wavelength (1310 nm) optical transceivers that extend the performance advantages of the company's volume enterprise optics to the metropolitan-access network and optical Ethernet applications. Picolight's new family of 1310 nm transceivers combines the company's proven pluggable packaging with 20 km reach optical technology to affordably, simply and efficiently bridge the "optical bandwidth chasm" in the access network. The first product in the E x t e n s u s family is a Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceiver that delivers 1.06 Gbps or 1.25 Gbps over single-mode fiber for Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-LX and Fibre Channel 100-SM-LC-L applications. The PL-XPL-00-L13 SFP transceiver provides metro-access and optical Ethernet equipment manufacturers with the advantages commonly associated with enterprise optics: hot pluggability, increased density, lower power, and "no-compromise" performance. Systems that use these modules can achieve four times greater port density as compared with existing optical transceivers. The PL-XPL-00-L13 is now being tested by select customers for deployment supporting communications over 10 to 20 km distances. "Picolight is delivering on its promise to bring the economics of enterprise optics to the metro-access segment, starting with the optical Ethernet and storage networks," said Stan Swirhun, president and chief executive officer at Picolight.Picolight Inc.