100 Gb/s Modulator
Ultra-Speed Datacom Modulators
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The purpose of the modulator device in data communications systems is identical to that of telecommunications systems. The key differences between telecom and datacom applications is the distance the optical signal must travel (telecom typically requires 10's of kilometers while datacom typically requires only 10's of meters) and the cost of the optical interface devices (telecom typically expects to pay on the order of a few thousand dollars for the optical transmission function while datacom typically requires pricing in the hundred dollar range). Also, the volume of optical components required to support datacom applications is orders of magnitude greater than that required to support telecom applications. Because datacom signals travel far shorter distances, consequently requiring far lower optical power levels, the data speed can be increased to 100Gb/s without incurring the signal degradation effects seen in higher power, longer distance telecom networks. Today's datacom systems operate at 10Gb/s and often employ an information movement and management protocol called Ethernet and is often expressed as 10GbE. The next generation datacom network speed will likely increase to 100Gb/s. Lightwavve's stable, high speed polymer materials appear to be uniquely positioned to support the speed, economic, and mass-commercialization scale up requisites to enable datacom network's upgrade to 100Gb/s (& 100GbE
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