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II‐VI Incorporated is presenting and exhibiting its latest product developments at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) in San Diego, California, from March 5-7, 2019, in Booth #4312. The company’s Vice President for Strategic Marketing, Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi, is also participating in an OFC Panel on High-volume Applications of 3D Sensing in Consumer and Automotive Markets on March 7.

New Products Showcase at OFC:

Wavelength Management Solutions for 5G Optical Access Networks:

• Twin 1×4/1×5 Edge Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) Modules: II-VI’s new edge WSS is cost optimized to meet the 100 GHz fixed grid and low port count requirements for reconfigurable wireless back-haul networks.
• O/E-band Inter-leavers: II-VI’s new inter-leavers leverage the vertical integration of crystal growth, precision surfacing, advanced coatings and micro assemblies to achieve a cost effective and compact solution for front-haul and back-haul networks.
• Wideband Wavelength Division Multiplexer (WDM) Filters: II-VI’s wideband filters feature a 3 dB bandwidth of 75 GHz that enables low-cost transceivers, with loose wavelength tolerances, to be deployed in cost-sensitive front-haul and back-haul networks.

 Products for Undersea Networks:

• 800 mW High Reliability Pump Lasers: II-VI’s undersea pump lasers achieve the highest commercially available output power of 800 mW, with record-high electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency, enabling a significantly lower cost per bit of undersea transmission.
• Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) Modules: The ultra-high reliability of II-VI’s liquid crystal based WSS modules has been demonstrated with more than a decade of high volume deployments in terrestrial networks. II-VI’s liquid crystal technology enables low port count WSS modules to be deployed at branching points in undersea networks.

Lasers for Datacom Transceivers:

• VCSEL Arrays for 400 GbE: II-VI’s 8-element VCSEL arrays can be modulated at 56 Gb/s using 4-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) to achieve a combined 400 Gb/s over short reach multimode links. 

Field Test Instruments:

• Handheld Optical Time Domain Reflector (OTDR) and Optical Channel Monitor (OCM): II-VI’s new handheld test instruments are small, rugged and lightweight. They display relevant and actionable network diagnostics in real time on a smartphone, without the need for complex tools.

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