A hermetically sealed optical transmitter module for use in an optical
transceiver converting and coupling an information-containing electrical
signal with an optical fiber. A plurality of semiconductor lasers are
provided on a common support in the housing for converting between an
information-containing electrical signal and a modulated optical signal
corresponding to the electrical signal according to a standardized
optical communications protocol, such as the IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit BASE
LX4 physical layer.