Bookham has announced the launch of a high power multimode pump module offering up to 6W power. The pump module, designed to provide the power and reliability required for pumping next generation amplifiers in cable and FTTx networks, offers power increase from the previous generation of Bookham multimode pump modules, and is a high power telecom grade multimode pump module.
The Telcordia GR-468-CORE qualified 6W un-cooled fiber coupled multimode laser diode allows service providers to extend triple play service delivery to fiber customers located further away from the central office or the cable head-end. The high power product supports various pumping applications and is enabling network providers to deliver a class of optical amplifier based on erbium doped air-clad fibre technology, which enables providers to replace DSL running on coax/copper with GPON running on fiber to deliver higher capacity and improved quality of service. The pump module offers up to 6W in a 105um multimode fiber with a 0.22NA, and comes in a hermetically sealed two pin package with floating anode/cathode. The pump module is built on technologies utilised within the Bookham 980nm singlemode pump laser module series.
