Fiberspace Truelock External active Wavelength locker nears Telcordia GR-1221 qualification.

Continuing its commitment to developing advanced wavelength stabilization and management solutions, Fiberspace has neared completion of Telcordia's GR-1221 Long Term Reliability for Passive Optical Components Compliance Program with its TrueLock External Wavelength Locker (EWL), at Garwood Laboratories, Inc., in Pico Rivera, CA. To attain such standing, the product had to pass numerous tests, including long term high and low temperature tests, mechanical shock and vibration, thermal shock, and other rigorous testing in keeping with Telcordia's stringent reliability standards. The TrueLock EWL, featuring patent-pending, thermally-controlled etalon technology, is expected to complete Telcordia qualification by October 14, 2002.

"Fiberspace's TrueLock External Wavelength Locker has gone through the GR-1221 compliance program up to this point with no issues," states Don Bennett, Director of Telecom Compliance for Garwood Laboratories, Inc. "The 1221 program can be difficult to complete unless the manufacturer keeps that specification in mind when designing the product. Judging by the results of the completed tests to date, it is obvious Fiberspace had accounted for the long term reliability of their TrueLock External Wavelength Locker."

Fiberspace is dedicated to providing high performance, low-cost products for metro and long haul applications requiring very close channel spacing. Network integrators seeking an external locker replacement can easily adopt the TrueLock EWL as a component for DWDM optical transport systems, as it is pin-to-pin compatible and an exact form/fit match with industry-standard alternatives. The TrueLock EWL is available in 25, 50 and 100 GHz FSR (free spectral range) versions. Multi-wavelength capability and superior accuracy lead the list of performance advantages of the product, which is slated for general availability in October 2002.

The TrueLock EWL is one of the products that Fiberspace will feature at the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2002 at booth #1313. Fiberspace will demonstrate the EWL's temperature stability over ambient temperature range, proving less than +/- 500 MHz deviation from a selected ITU channel, while exposing the locker to a 0 degrees--70 degrees C temperature range inside a thermal chamber. Other Fiberspace product demonstrations will include the Gridlocker Ultra-Stable OPLL Module and the TrueMap Laser Characterization System.

Fiberspace, Inc. is a provider of wavelength stabilization solutions for the optical networking industry. The company has developed a suite of products that provide absolute accuracy and long-term wavelength stability for cost effective network design. These products support dense and ultra-dense wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) applications in metro and long-haul systems.