Xtera adds 100-Gbps to Nu-Wave Optima platform

Xtera's Nu-Wave Optima platform is a modular optical transport system that was recently introduced to lower the cost of delivering rich media content over existing or new networks. Nu-Wave Optima uses a common, integrated set of modules for long-haul, regional, and metro applications.The company describes these modules as “a toolkit of technologies” that can be combined or interchanged to address the unique characteristics . The toolkit consists of: all-Raman and hybrid EDFA/Raman amplifiers 10G and 40G interfaces using a variety of modulation formats
ROADMs line monitoring technologies. Combining 100G optics with Xtera's patented Raman technology can deliver 15 Tbps on a single fiber, the company asserts.The 100G line cards for all applications of the Nu-Wave Optima platform will be available to the general market in June 2011.