Blair Nimmo

Blair owned one of the largest independent electro-optic suppliers in Europe. He has now started BBN International to address the re-emerging fibre-optic markets of datacom, telecom, aerospace and sensors. An Electronic Engineer, Blair developed marine satellite communication and medical image analysis systems going on to develop a software business. BBN International is based in rural Shropshire and is committed to changing the way companies do business to the benefit of the environment.

Published on 01/14/2008

Optical networks rely on switching for redundancy, routing, traffic levelling, management, testing and fault handling. BBN International announces the addition of the Agiltron family of optical switches to its existing range of fibre optic solutions.

Release

BBN International offers a mixture of technologies to address different needs including:

Opto-mechanical - unique material technology for altering the light path - linear and rotary systems - ultra-low loss and high reliability
Magneto-optical - solid state - fast and ultra-high reliability
Electro-optical - solid state - low loss, ultra-fast, high reliability

Optical switches are available for:

Single mode and multi-mode
Latching and non-latching
Polarisation insensitive and polarisation maintaining
Regular and high power
Bypass (multi-pole)
3-state (A<>B, A<>C & B<>C)
Broadband

BBN International supplies this and other Agiltron technology. For more information visit the web site at http://www.bbnint.co.uk/active_devices/optical_switches.asp