May 19 2014
Picometrix®, LLC, an Advanced Photonix® company and the leading independent supplier dedicated to the design and manufacture of high performance optical receiver components for communications networks and test equipment, today announced sample availability of its avalanche photodiode (APD) receiver optical sub-assembly (ROSA). General product availability is planned for the third quarter of 2014.
The AT-10D ROSA is an XMD compliant form factor for use in high performance 10 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) transceivers and transponders for high-speed data and telecommunications applications and the emerging 10Gbps fiber-to-the-home (FTTx) markets. The AT-10D utilizes the company's patented, high performance APD technology that provides market leading bandwidth and sensitivity over temperature in a low cost, industry standard package. The company plans to provide a suite of its high performance APD products to support the growing market need. According to industry analysts the market will grow at a CAGR of 33% to over $160M by 2017.
"We are leveraging our core APD technology to support our customers' needs as the demand for higher bandwidth moves from the long haul and metro markets into the enterprise and FTTx markets," says Robin (Rob) Risser, General Manager of Picometrix and COO of API. "The AT-10D represents our next generation; low cost package targeted at high volume and high growth 10 Gbps markets; which are perfectly suited to our industry leading, high performance APD's. Our product family plans include both 2.5 and 10 Gbps APD's in front-side and back-side illuminated configurations with standard packaging options, including TO-46, chip-on-carrier and chip-on-tape configurations."
Source: http://www.advancedphotonix.com