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Ofidium Chooses Micram VEGA To Drive The Next Generation Of Optical Networking

Melbourne, Australia; Bochum, Germany and Burlingame, CA, USA – Tuesday 17 March, 2009

Ofidium, a pioneer in increased bandwidth and reduced costs for telecommunications networks, has adopted Micram’s ultrafast VEGA signal converters as key elements of its ground-breaking work in 100 gigabit-per-second optical transmission. Ofidium will use Micram’s VEGA devices in demonstrations of its unique optical OFDM technology. Ofidium’s optical Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology provides highly cost-efficient capacity growth for new optical fiber, and dramatic performance improvements for existing network infrastructure. OFDM is the dominant technology in a range of other communications applications, and Ofidium is leading the application of OFDM to optical data transmission for telecommunications. Ofidium’s optical OFDM transceiver modules for dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) systems are set to become the technology of choice for 100 Gbit/s telecommunications.

"The Micram VEGA converters have unique capabilities," said Ofidium founder and Chief Technology Officer, Professor Arthur Lowery. “They are the building blocks Ofidium needs to demonstrate the power of optical OFDM.”

Micram VEGA DAC 25 and ADC 30 signal converters are the fastest on earth, with a conversion rate up to 60 giga-samples per second at 20 GHz bandwidth. This scorching performance delivers full 100G bandwidth today, enabling developers to make significant progress now, not years into the future. “We’re delighted to be working with Ofidium to lead the charge toward the next generation of optical networks,” said Micram CEO Matthias Tom Frei. “We’re very pleased that Ofidium has recognized the unique contribution VEGA will make to their pioneering development efforts.”.

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