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Purchasing Advisor for Add–drop Multiplexers

Find all you need for professionally buying add–drop multiplexers: an interactive tool with a comprehensive and trustworthy directory of suppliers and expert guidance for a structured decision process with scientific and technical background information.

Top-level product categories: icon optical components and devices, icon telecom

More general product categories: optical multiplexers

Related product category: wavelength division multiplexing devices

Add–drop multiplexers (OADMs) are used in optical communication systems to add or extract specific wavelength channels within a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network. These devices are crucial for managing data traffic, optimizing bandwidth, and enhancing the flexibility of fiber optic networks.

Interactive Purchase Decision Tool

Purchasing high-value photonics products is a substantial responsibility. Using a structured decision-making process and high quality supplier data helps a lot:

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How Responsible Purchase Decisions for Expensive Goods Like Lasers Are Done Explanations on this purchasing tool

Go through the process:

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

wavelength division multiplexing optical fiber communications

If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you purchase.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying add–drop multiplexers. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

  • Below, you can find our list of suppliers for add–drop multiplexers. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
  • The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
  • Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

Selected suppliers:

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Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

4. Document the decision process

It is essential to document your purchasing process, not only its result (chosen supplier):

  • You will find it easier next time.
  • If something goes wrong, you can defend your decision by showing that you properly considered all important aspects. Or you see what needs to be done better next time.

Our interactive tool makes it easy: Fill out the form, and in the end print it to a PDF. Note that the document will show all sections (including those not currently shown on the screen), while omitting some irrelevant details such as the page navigation.

Suppliers for Add–drop Multiplexers

14 suppliers for add–drop multiplexers (OADM) are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

Suppliers with Advertising Package

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There are no suppliers for add–drop multiplexers with our Advertising Package registered yet. These would have a company logo, a product description (very useful!), and a product image.

Other Suppliers

AC Photonics
United States
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Agiltron Inc.
United States
EDGE Optical Solutions
Latvia
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Fiberise
United Kingdom
FS.COM Inc
United States
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HyOptic Technology Co., Ltd
China
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Shenzhen KINSOM Technology Ltd.
China
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Lumentum Operations LLC
United States
OF-LINK Communications Co., Ltd.
China
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Optoplex Corporation
United States
Photonwares Co.
United States
Primanex Corporation
China
SQS Vlaknova optika a.s.
Czech Republic
Wuhan Yilut Technology Co., Ltd.
China

If any displayed information is incorrect (e.g., a listed supplier does not offer such products) or legally problematic, please notify RP Photonics so that the problem can be solved.



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