Actually I was trying to find a whitepaper on that site? Have you looked at the other companies and what they are doing with polymers? Also their roadmap timelines seem to have lapsed. In terms of management I don't think they are at the same level at all in terms of the previous positions in major companies.
So this is strictly a modulator tech. Single-mode, multi-mode, extinction ratio?
Bottom line is it does sound very interesting but I think a lot of people are trying to do the same thing. It simply can't compare to the breadth of applications contained in the POET platform.
Some numbers from a past White Paper:
| POET Comparison to Competing Technology |
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Competing OE Interface |
Potential OE Interface using POET |
POET Advantage |
| power metrics transmit |
10 mW/channel |
2.5 mW/channel |
75% energy savings |
| power metrics receive |
11 mW/channel |
3 mW/channel |
72% energy savings |
| speed metrics max output |
28Gbps/channel |
100 Gbps/channel |
~4 times as fast |
| size |
4 VLSI chips (5mm X5 mm each) combined with commercial DBF laser in package of 3" X 1" X 1" |
single chip (5 mm X 5mm) in a standard flat package with fiber attached |
A fraction of the size |
| Estimated cost |
$200 |
$15 |
.075 the cost |
