SDL and Alcatel Partner to Deliver Pump Modules for Undersea Deployment

Alcatel and SDL Inc. will deliver high power 980 nm pump modules for deployment of undersea communications networks. The wavelength stabilized undersea pump modules are built by Alcatel Optronic Division using semiconductor laser chips made by SDL Inc. The resulting module will allow system designers to apply dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology to undersea communications networks to meet the increasing need for telecommunications and Internet traffic bandwidth.