Finisar, EXFO, and Ixia demonstrate 100G Ethernet optical link

Finisar Corp., maker of high-speed optical communications, jointly with EXFO Inc. and Ixia, demonstrated a standard-compliant 100G Ethernet (100GE) optical link at OFC in San Diego last week. The display consisted of an Ixia "K2" 100G tester and an EXFO 40G/100G Ethernet Packet Blazer tester communicating error-free at 103.1 Gb/s using Finisar's 100GE-LR4 CFP optical transceiver modules.

Error-free process was demonstrated by transmitting IP packets between the 100G testers over 20 kilometers of single-mode fiber, exceeding the 10 kilometer maximum distance being standardized for this application.

The Finisar FTLC1181R optical transceiver modules are compliant with the CFP Multi-source Agreement (MSA) and support the 100GBASE-LR4 (4 x 25 Gb/s) optical interface defined by the IEEE P802.3ba Draft standard. They are part of a family of Finisar CFP transceivers that also includes 40G Ethernet single-mode and multimode fiber versions. Finisar's entire portfolio of CFP transceiver modules employ internally developed integrated circuits and internally packaged optics.