Optical

DARPA has advanced the state of optical power beaming with a successful field demonstration that transmitted more than 800 watts of laser-generated power over a distance of 8.6 kilometers (5.3...

Credo Technology has introduced PILOT, a new diagnostics and analytics software platform aimed at enhancing the reliability and performance of high-speed connectivity links across hyperscale data centers and AI infrastructure. The...

Broadcom has launched its third-generation co-packaged optics (CPO) platform featuring 200G per lane optical connectivity, pushing the performance envelope for AI-scale networks. The company also reaffirmed the maturity of its...

Broadcom is advancing rapidly through the next generations of Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) technology, laying the groundwork for scalable, high-density interconnects purpose-built for AI and cloud data centers. In a recent...

At the recent OIF 448G Workshop in Santa Clara, Scott Wilkinson, Lead Analyst at Cignal AI, emphasized the urgency—and complexity—of accelerating development around 448Gbps signaling for AI-driven infrastructure. With AI...

OIF convened its Q2 2025 Technical and Market Awareness & Education (MA&E) Committees Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, advancing key implementation agreements (IAs) that directly support the scaling of next-generation optical...

Corning announced a strategic collaboration with Broadcom to supply critical optical components for the Bailly co-packaged optics (CPO) system—Broadcom’s 51.2 Tbps Ethernet switch targeting AI-driven data centers. The partnership advances...

Adtran has introduced a next-generation AI Network Cloud (AINC)-interconnect solution, designed to meet the data transport demands of AI-driven workloads across hyperscalers, government, SLED (state, local and education), and enterprise...

AOI to Ramp 800G Optical Module Output to 100K Units Monthly by Year-End Applied Optoelectronics (AOI) reported strong Q1 2025 results, highlighting accelerating momentum in its datacenter optics and CATV...

Nokia unveiled its new Aurelis Optical LAN platform, a fiber-based solution engineered to replace legacy copper-based LAN infrastructure across enterprise campuses, offices, and public venues. The new solution offers significant...

Vuzix and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) announced the production of initial samples of a new custom microLED backplane. This development marks a significant step forward in enabling...

Cybernet, Pakistan’s leading fiber broadband provider, has selected Nokia’s 1830 Global Express (GX) platform with ICE7 1.2 Tbps coherent optics to build a next-generation national optical backbone. The new long-haul...

Windstream Wholesale and Ciena have successfully completed an industry-first trial of Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) 2x1.2Tb transponder, demonstrating the delivery of three concurrent 800G optical waves over a 1,590-kilometer...