Marvell, Lumentum, and Coherent demonstrated the successful interoperability of 800G ZR/ZR+ optical modules. This was the first demonstration of multivendor, standards-based pluggables for the 800ZR OIF implementation agreement. Modules from the three companies were used to showcase interoperable metro-distance transmission using 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) over a 520km G.652 fiber link with more than 2dB margin.
At more than 100% CAGR since 2022, the deployment growth of pluggable coherent modules exceeds that of any other coherent technology in history. Their performance increasingly rivals traditional embedded optics, and the interoperable test results with 800 Gbps ZR/ZR+ modules for long-distance DCI delivered by Marvell, Lumentum, and Coherent demonstrate that the application space for pluggables is expanding well beyond short-reach data center interconnect.
– Scott Wilkinson, Lead Analyst Optical Components at Cignal AI