18 June 1998: US-based Corning Incorporated, manufacturer of optical fibre, photonic components, high-performance glass and components for television, and other electronic displays and equipment, has …
18 June 1998: US-based Corning Incorporated, manufacturer of optical fibre, photonic components, high-performance glass and components for television, and other electronic displays and equipment, has announced that its FiberGain(TM) module, a patented device that boosts light signals in optical communication systems, has been incorporated into the design of the latest optical amplification system by Nortel. The advanced Multi-wavelength Optical Repeater, or MOR Plus System, a next generation Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing optical amplifier, is expected to greatly enhance the ability of telecommunication carriers to upgrade and maintain their networks. The MOR Plus System features an innovative centre access design which allows devices such as multiplexers or dispersion compensation modules to be inserted directly into the amplifier. This characteristic allows carriers to rapidly increase network capacity, manipulate, drop or add signals to locations, while maintaining clear, error-free signal transmission. “Corning“s FiberGain module plays an important role in Nortel“s new MOR Plus System,” said Gerald J. Fine, Corning“s vice president and general manager of the Photonic Technologies Division. “We look forward to working with Nortel as they offer telecommunications carriers a new means to continually upgrade networks with optical monitoring devices and dispersion compensation modules.” Corning and Nortel jointly designed the optical amplification component of the MOR Plus System, which complements the MOR amplifier introduced in 1996. MOR amplifiers are an optical alternative to expensive electronic regenerator devices in the field today. Corning“s Photonic Technologies Division has designed and manufactured its FiberGain module series since 1993, and is one of the world“s leading suppliers of erbium-doped fibre amplifier modules (EDFAs). The FiberGain module for Nortel“s MOR Plus amplifier will be manufactured at Corning“s Erwin, New York facility, one of the largest and most advanced facilities of its kind in the industry.