Alphion Corporation Launches Photonic Transponder Based on QLight Platform; Alphion P2R Enables Photonic Networking and Establishes New Benchmarks for Cost and Performance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference 2004 EATONTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004 Alphion Corporation, developer of innovative integrated components for photonic regeneration, signal conditioning, wavelength management, and performance monitoring, announced today the launch of their first product, a Photonic 2R (P2R) transponder based on Alphion's proprietary QLight(TM) platform. The Alphion P2R transponder eliminates the need for optical-to-electrical conversion required in traditional OEO (Optical in Electrical processing Optical out) Refers to network devices that convert photonic transmission signals to electronic signals in order to analyze the traffic content for switching purposes. It then reconverts the signal to light for output. Contrast with OOO. transponders. The P2R amplifies the degraded signal and provides noise cancellation while offering wavelength flexibility. P2R transponders can be used in existing and future Metro and Long-Haul 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 systems, OADM OADM Optical (WDM) Add-Drop Multiplexer OADM Optical Add Drop Multiplexer , ROADM ROADM Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer ROADM Reconfigurable Add Drop Multiplexing , Photonic Cross-Connects, CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. transport systems, and secure defense networks, where cost reduction, noise cancellation, wavelength flexibility, and bit-rate transparency are sought. The Alphion photonic networking technology eliminates the bandwidth barriers for consumers and the cost barriers for service providers in building transparent optical networks with dynamic bit-rate, protocol, and wavelength reconfigurability. The QLight(TM) platform is based on breakthroughs in monolithic integration on InP and advanced packaging technologies. Alphion owns rights to over 30 issued and pending patents related to design, fabrication and applications of photonic integrated circuits. "The QLight(TM) platform is the foundation for aggregating multiple network functions in monolithic photonic integrated circuits", said Dr. Bharat P. Dave, Chairman, 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 Alphion Corporation, "Our photonic transponder makes photonic networking a reality and establishes new benchmarks for cost and performance." Alphion is unveiling the QLight(TM) technology and the P2R transponder product line with a public demonstration at the 2004 OFC Conference and exhibition in Los Angeles, February 22-27, 2004. Alphion is beginning customer sampling of P2R. ABOUT ALPHION Alphion Corporation is a venture-backed private company developing and marketing revolutionary photonic products. Alphion products are targeted for metro and long-haul telecom markets, CATV markets and defense applications. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Eatontown, NJ. Alphion is backed by Battery Ventures, Cypress Semiconductor, Goldman Sachs, Tallwood Venture Capital and industry executives. The core team has track records of successful R&D and product introduction experience with companies such as Alcatel, AT&T, Bell Laboratories, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Lucent Technologies, Mitsubishi and Philips. For more information about Alphion, visit their website at www.alphion.com. |
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