Request InfoApplied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI)SUGAR LAND, Texas, March 18, 2008 -- Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) has introduced three DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) lasers and two 10 Gb/s XFP pluggable transceivers. AOI said its new C-band DWDM QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) laser, O-band DWDM analog laser and C-band DWDM box TOSA (transmitter optical subassembly) are all RoHS and Telcordia compliant. The C-band QAM and O-band analog lasers are designed for radio frequency modulation to 1000 MHz. The new C-band DWDM QAM laser comes in a standard 14-pin butterfly package. 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