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Telecom

Whether you are building systems for an Access, Metro, Core, or Cloud-Edge network, EFFECT Photonics will provide you with an monolithic integrated laser that will make your solutions stronger.

Market

A market we know, optimized to the max.

Coherent telecom is where the demand is real, the standards are settled and the volumes are large. Our pico ITLA targets the 100G coherent transceiver market, qualified for OIF ITLA MSA 01.3 and shaped to drop straight into QSFP28 class designs.

Over the past years our team of experts have developed a tunable laser with integrated wavelength-locker (WLL) based on an in-house developed InP Process Design Kit which makes EFFECT a unique partner for scalability.

Telecom antenna towers

The technology

Advanced ITLA Architecture

At the heart of our ITLA lies a revolutionary photonic integrated circuit (PIC) architecture. By leveraging state-of-the-art  indium phosphide (InP) integration techniques, we have achieved a highly miniaturized form factor without sacrificing optical integrity.

The monolithic integration of the gain medium, phase control sections, and highly selective filters enables a continuous, mode-hop-free tuning mechanism. This sophisticated design ensures robust phase coherence and ultra-narrow linewidths essential for coherent modulation formats or even higher-order constellations like 64-QAM and beyond.

reach

Covering the full coherent telecom stack with ITLAs

The EFFECT ITLAs cover the full coherent telecom stack, from access pluggables out to metro links, on the same monolithic InP platform.

REACH 01

Core

High-performance laser technologies power the world’s most demanding coherent transport networks, delivering the highest output powers and the narrowest linewidths where every bit matters.

REACH 02

Metro

Advanced tunable lasers enable scalable coherent connectivity across regional and metropolitan networks, delivering flexible capacity, lower cost per bit, and seamless growth as traffic demands increase.

REACH 03

Access

Compact tunable laser solutions bring coherent performance closer to homes, mobile towers, and enterprises, enabling power-efficient, cost-effective connectivity with carrier-grade reliability.

REACH 04

Cloud Edge & DCI

High-performance laser technologies power Scale Across networking between Edge and hyperscale data centers, enabling synchronized AI workloads through low-latency coherent optical connectivity.

Product

Built around pico ITLA

The 14 dBm pico Integrated Tunable Laser Assembly is the heart of coherent telecom application in the Access and Cloud-Edge segments. One laser assembly, qualified once, deployed across the reach stack.

More about pico ITLA

What it unlocks for the network

  • 01.

    Narrow linewidth, fits 100G.

    Engineered for the linewidth and stability budgets of 100G coherent transmission, with margin for higher rate roadmap.

  • 02.

    Will be Telcordia qualified.

    A hermetic laser assembly built on a manufacturing line proven on hundreds of millions of tunable laser units.

  • 03.

    Drops into QFSP-DD and -28 transceivers.

    Sized and electrically defined to integrate cleanly with coherent transceiver designs.

pITLA14

14 dBm pico ITLA for 100G coherent transceivers

Continuous‑wave tunable laser source for digital coherent edge and access applications. Fully integrated 14 dBm sub-assembly in ultra-small pico form factor.

Output power
14 dBm
Form factor
pico ITLA
Tuning range
C-band
TARGET APPLICATION
100G ZR
Temperature
I-temp
Management Interface
OIF ITLA MSA 01.3
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