The product line is continuously supporting many activities in Telecom and Datacom R&D labs. However, industrial applications have become a growing factor and significant portion of the product lines business and with it, their highly reliable and Telcordia qualified products are being used in a variety of industrial applications, whether defense, aerospace or space. New fields of applications and customers in their specific requirements are supported with our standard, modified or even new products.
AOwave
After an internal engineering design verification and successful customer testing, the R&D team executed the Beta phase of the project. Final target specifications are now available on request.
Space capable Beta parts are now being assembled for internal testing and stress testing and will become available around spring. The built-in TEC enables also support of extended temperature range -40°C to 85°C.
Initial Telcordia shock & vibration tests as well as Gamma radiation tests built high confidence in the product and customers are looking forward to receiving first samples.
Application of the analog optical RF link can be found everywhere, especially in cases of space constraints, a high number of links or in very harsh environments, where the data cannot be digitized and need to be transmitted analog. The frequency ranges from quasi-DC to 32 GHz 3dB bandwidth enables the use of the product across various rf bands, such as L, S, C, X, Ku, Ka.
S75000 - Fast sweep laser
The electrically tunable laser, available as C- and L-band version, became of interest for sensing applications as a fast sweep laser.
After qualification of more suppliers to secure supply, the capacity has been increased in manufacturing and is now available. With it, the line can reliably support high volume orders.
43 GHz Balanced detectors for space
The family of BPDV21xxR Balanced detectors has been designed in for multiple satellite communication applications. The standard product (COTS part) has been used, but also customized requirements have been addressed.
We are looking forward to being in space in 2027.
Radiation tests and integration of space suitable materials, i.e. for the fiber buffer, increased confidence at the customers and internally.
145 GHz Photodetector XPDO5321R now available
The 145 GHz detector is experiencing very good traction. The industry is moving towards higher data rates of 1.6 T or above and therefore has a need to build test products at speeds well above 100 GHz. Test setups in R&D are being set up but also testing in manufacturing needs high speed testing to test their upcoming new products mainly supporting the AI industry in Datacom and Telecom.
Conferences & Events
The product line attended and exhibited at the International Conference for Space Optics (ICSO2026) in Sorrento Italy. This event, organized by ESA/CNET was an excellent platform to meet players in the space market. Our booth had good taction and fruitful discussions gave excellent guidance for our work supporting this industry. The presentation of the AOwave Beta samples was well received especially from ESA, having interest in standardizing the newly implemented LGA interface supporting extremely compact and light power and low weight designs (low SWAP).
With such good experience we will also attend and exhibit at the Optica Industry Summit on Aerospace and Defense event in Paris in December.
Further Information
For further information please reach out to sales@starvoy.com or 613-592-8910