$LWLG Lightwave Logic launches 50-Gbaud polymer mo
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$LWLG Lightwave Logic launches 50-Gbaud polymer modulator for 10 km and greater reaches
December 13, 2018
Author Stephen Hardy
Editorial Director and Associate Publisher
Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTCQB: LWLG) has unveiled a prototype 50-Gbaud modulator based on its polymer technology. The modulator targets fiber-optic networks at reaches of 10 km and greater. Lightwave Logic says it can now deliver the polymer modulator in a generic package for preliminary evaluation, with an eye toward using its in-house vertical integration capabilities to customize the device to meet specific customer requirements.
The company has pursued polymer as a medium for photonic integration for some time (see, for example, “Lightwave Logic launches material platform” from 2009). It demonstrated 25-Gbps performance in 2017, but the 50-Gbaud modulator became a primary goal for the company coincident with the arrival of Michael Lebby as CEO that year (see “Lightwave Logic ups polymer ridge waveguide modulator performance to 25 Gbps” and “Lightwave Logic names Michael Lebby CEO, Fred Leonberger to board,” and "Lightwave Logic says polymer-based Mach-Zehnder modulators meet 50-Gbps PAM4 requirements"
. A 50-Gbaud modulator can help support 100-Gbps transmission in applications using PAM4 modulation. The modulator therefore can be used in designs for 100-, 200-, and 400-Gbps transmission, the latter two in an array.
“While we explore other multi-billion dollar markets the benchmark market opportunity for fiber-optic link distances of 10 km and greater is worth over $1 billion over the next decade. As data rates increase, we see a growing technology gap at these longer reaches that our modulators are ideally suited to fill,” Lebby explains.
Meanwhile, Lebby has laid out 100 Gbaud as the next step in the product development roadmap.
https://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2018...aches.html
Why have we not heard about the customer sampling?
While we are actively now engaging with customers, the form of engagement includes many interactions and many types of interactions of which sampling is only one. We will continue to deepen our existing relationships and also will engage with more customers in many ways
https://lightwavelogic.com/TechnicalFAQ
1) In this quarter we have received terrific feedback from prospective customers
2) a technology or product may be perceived by customers as being unique rather than competing head-to-head with standard products.
3) At the recent ECOC conference (European Conference on Optical Communications) we heard potential customers express concerns about technological limits of conventional technologies.
4) A Tier 1 customer prospect for our modulators said, "you guys are in the forefront right now".
5) Based on our experience in this industry, we expect the customer design-in process to start with initial evaluation of our samples and reliability data, proceeding to more extensive evaluation, optimization, and possible customization.
6) We continue to fine tune our business model with target markets, customers, and technical specifications.
7) Discussions with prospective customers are validating that our modulators are ideally suited for the datacenter and telecommunications markets that are over 10km in length. Details of what they want from a prototype are fed back to the technical team. The team is more energized and focused than ever.
http://lightwavelogic.com/profiles/investor/R...&G=914
So yes, even #7 above is reflective of the changes made to the 10-Q, and when read for content with a focus on customer, it is quite evident that the customers are currently engaged with the LWLG team to advance the 50Gbs protos to meet their requirements, and I would certainly have to believe the Tier 1 customer whose comment found in #4 above is one of those customers currently engaged in the fine tuning / changes
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December 13, 2018
Author Stephen Hardy
Editorial Director and Associate Publisher
Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTCQB: LWLG) has unveiled a prototype 50-Gbaud modulator based on its polymer technology. The modulator targets fiber-optic networks at reaches of 10 km and greater. Lightwave Logic says it can now deliver the polymer modulator in a generic package for preliminary evaluation, with an eye toward using its in-house vertical integration capabilities to customize the device to meet specific customer requirements.
The company has pursued polymer as a medium for photonic integration for some time (see, for example, “Lightwave Logic launches material platform” from 2009). It demonstrated 25-Gbps performance in 2017, but the 50-Gbaud modulator became a primary goal for the company coincident with the arrival of Michael Lebby as CEO that year (see “Lightwave Logic ups polymer ridge waveguide modulator performance to 25 Gbps” and “Lightwave Logic names Michael Lebby CEO, Fred Leonberger to board,” and "Lightwave Logic says polymer-based Mach-Zehnder modulators meet 50-Gbps PAM4 requirements"
. A 50-Gbaud modulator can help support 100-Gbps transmission in applications using PAM4 modulation. The modulator therefore can be used in designs for 100-, 200-, and 400-Gbps transmission, the latter two in an array. “While we explore other multi-billion dollar markets the benchmark market opportunity for fiber-optic link distances of 10 km and greater is worth over $1 billion over the next decade. As data rates increase, we see a growing technology gap at these longer reaches that our modulators are ideally suited to fill,” Lebby explains.
Meanwhile, Lebby has laid out 100 Gbaud as the next step in the product development roadmap.
https://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2018...aches.html
Why have we not heard about the customer sampling?
While we are actively now engaging with customers, the form of engagement includes many interactions and many types of interactions of which sampling is only one. We will continue to deepen our existing relationships and also will engage with more customers in many ways
https://lightwavelogic.com/TechnicalFAQ
1) In this quarter we have received terrific feedback from prospective customers
2) a technology or product may be perceived by customers as being unique rather than competing head-to-head with standard products.
3) At the recent ECOC conference (European Conference on Optical Communications) we heard potential customers express concerns about technological limits of conventional technologies.
4) A Tier 1 customer prospect for our modulators said, "you guys are in the forefront right now".
5) Based on our experience in this industry, we expect the customer design-in process to start with initial evaluation of our samples and reliability data, proceeding to more extensive evaluation, optimization, and possible customization.
6) We continue to fine tune our business model with target markets, customers, and technical specifications.
7) Discussions with prospective customers are validating that our modulators are ideally suited for the datacenter and telecommunications markets that are over 10km in length. Details of what they want from a prototype are fed back to the technical team. The team is more energized and focused than ever.
http://lightwavelogic.com/profiles/investor/R...&G=914
So yes, even #7 above is reflective of the changes made to the 10-Q, and when read for content with a focus on customer, it is quite evident that the customers are currently engaged with the LWLG team to advance the 50Gbs protos to meet their requirements, and I would certainly have to believe the Tier 1 customer whose comment found in #4 above is one of those customers currently engaged in the fine tuning / changes
- proto
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