CIP Technologies, a company with a long history of photonics innovation, today announced the release of major new product, the R-SOA-EAM-1550, at the ECOC 2009 conference in Vienna, Austria. This novel device monolithically integrates a semiconductor optical amplifier with a reflective electro-absorption modulator, to combine high optical gain with high speed modulation capability. The R-SOA-EAM-1550 offers high output power, low power consumpti...

CIP Technologies, a company with a long history of photonics innovation, has released a combined modulation and photodetection transducer capable of working at up to 60 GHz - a world first. The new reflective electro-absorption modulator (R-EAM) meets customer needs for a low insertion loss, low drive voltage optical modulator in applications such as remote antennas and radio-over-fibre.