TeraWave SLA+ Fiber marks a significant enhancement in trans-oceanic transmission by providing a larger effective area (130 µm²), which enables the launch of higher signal power into the span while lowering cable attenuation. It is designed to support coherent transport in today’s most advanced 100 Gb/s submarine systems.
TeraWave SLA+ Fiber is manufactured using Lightera’ proprietary vapor axial deposition (VAD) process, which produces a fiber with zero water peak (ZWP) performance and ultra- low polarization mode dispersion (PMD). The ZWP performance is optimized for efficient 2nd order Raman pumping in unrepeatered systems.
TeraWave SLA+ Fiber will maximize system performance at a significantly lower cost per bit of information.