Aegis Introduces Optical Performance Monitor Products; OPM Sets New Benchmark for Low-Cost Embedded OSNR Measurements.WOBURN, Mass. -- Aegis Semiconductor, a leading supplier of cost-effective wavelength monitoring and control solutions, today announced the availability of its new optical performance monitor (OPM See Oracle Process Manufacturing. ) product line, which measures optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR OSNR Optical Signal Noise Ratio OSNR Optical Signal to Noise Ratio ) in addition to channel power and wavelength of DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing signals. Aegis' OPM is priced at $2,250 in production quantities and is available in the industry's smallest form factor. It can also be ordered with a DPRAM DPRAM Dual Port Random Access Memory DPRAM Dual Port Ram interface to match the form, fit and function of many existing host-system designs. "We continue to expand our optical monitoring product line to serve the growing demand for network intelligence and flexibility," said Don Bossi, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Aegis Semiconductor. "Our tunable thin-film technology once again proves itself to be a low-cost enabler of the fully agile and transparent optical network." Optical monitors play an increasingly important role in DWDM systems for automatic equipment provisioning, DWDM channel performance monitoring, and automatic control for gain, tilt and channel equalization. The addition of the OSNR measurement feature enables automatic turn-up and self-healing of optical amplifiers at repeater nodes and enhances receiver performance at end-terminal nodes. OSNR-capable OPMs also help service providers guarantee service level agreements. "Customers are very excited to get performance monitors with OSNR measurement capability at this price," said Wayne Sharfin, Vice-President of Engineering at Aegis Semiconductor. "Our OPM product is the smallest in the industry, measuring only 9 mm in height, and it's an ideal solution to reduce the cost of both current and next-generation DWDM systems." The mosquito(R) OPM is the latest addition to Aegis' successful line of DWDM channel-monitoring products, which includes the optical channel monitor (OCM OCM Oracle Certified Master (database administrator certification) OCM Organization for Competitive Markets OCM Onondaga Cortland Madison (counties in New York) OCM Olympic Council of Malaysia ) and the channel tilt monitor (CTM). The entire product line is Telcordia qualified per GR-468-CORE and GR-357-CORE. For more information, please visit Aegis' website at www.aegis-semi.com or stop by Booth #1407 at the 2005 OFC / NFOEC NFOEC National Fiber Optical Engineer Conference NFOEC National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference Exposition in Anaheim, CA during March 8-10, 2005. About Aegis Semiconductor Aegis Semiconductor is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that builds cost-effective solutions for intelligent optical networks. Based on its Active Thin Films(TM) technology, Aegis is the first company to deliver low-cost wavelength-monitoring components and modules that are reliable and easily manufactured using proven methods from the semiconductor industry. Aegis has raised more than $27 Million in funding from leading investors and venture capitalists including Vesbridge Partners, Alta Partners, YankeeTek Ventures, Technology Venture Partners, Stata Venture Partners, and Megunticook Management. The company is located in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA. |
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