CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Source Photonics, Inc., a leading provider of optical transceivers for fiber to the home and telecom networks, today announced the availability of the industry’s first 6 Gigabit module in SFP+ form factor for applications in 3/4G wireless backhaul networks supporting Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) and Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) standards.

Source Photonic’s 6 Gb/s SFP+ product family includes interfaces for both 2km and 15km transmission distances on single mode fiber (SMF) networks and 300m transmission on multimode fiber (MMF). Both Fabry Perot (FP) and Distributed Feedback (DFB) lasers are used to cover the range of transmission distances. The product family also supports an industrial temperature operating range from -40C to +85C, enabling deployment in outdoor and indoor applications.

Thomas Yu, director of product management at Source Photonics, said, “Increasing use and ubiquitous demand for mobile internet is creating increased requirements for high bandwidth on backhaul traffic to the core network. The highest data rate and new standard to support this evolution is 6Gigabit, more than twice the traditional bandwidth used for such applications. Source Photonics’ 6 Gigabit SFP+ product line provides cost-effective and high quality optical transceivers designed specifically for this emerging market. Our products provide a smooth upgrade for customers when they transition their systems from 2Gbps to 6Gbps.”

The 6Gb/s SFP+ product family complements Source Photonics’ existing 8Gb/s and 10Gb/s SFP+ product families.

About Source Photonics

Source Photonics is a leading provider of optical communication products used in telecommunication systems and data communication networks. Source designs, manufactures, and sells a broad portfolio of optical communication products, including passive optical network, or PON, subsystems, optical transceivers used in the enterprise, access, and metropolitan segments of the market, as well as other optical components, modules, and subsystems. In particular, Source products include optical subsystems used in fiber-to-the-premise, or FTTP, deployments which many telecommunication service providers are using to deliver video, voice, and data services. Source Photonics products enable telecommunication service providers to provide high-bandwidth video, voice and data services to keep up with today's evolving telecommunication networks and to enhance and upgrade their networks efficiently and economically.