Optical

AvicenaTech, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, announced $25 million in Series A funding for its development of microLED-based chip-to-chip interconnects.Avicena's LightBundle technology is based on arrays of GaN...

ZTE completed a commercial trial of co-routing detection in China Mobile’s existing optical network in Yunnan Province, China. The trial with the Yunnan branch of China Mobile, involved two scenarios: co-cable...

Lumentum has acquired IPG Photonics Corporation's telecom transmission product lines, comprised of optical transceivers and coherent components. Financial terms were not disclosed.The sale includes  the former Menara Networks and a...

AdylNet, a telecommunications service provider in Rio Grande do Sul with an optical network of more than 22,000 kilometers, has adopted  Padtec’s line of 800 Gbps transponders (up to 400...

A team led by Alireza Marandi, assistant professor of electrical engineering and applied physics at Caltech, has developed an all-optical switch in lithium niobate with the potential to perform optical...

Demand for optical transport DWDM equipment is forecast to surpass $17 billion by 2026, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Over the next five years, it is expected...

 Alaska Communications is using Ciena’s 6500 Packet Optical platform powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme programmable 800G technology to upgrade capacity between core sites, including across submarine links. They are also...

Mob Telecom (Mob), part of Mobwire hub which provides internet and broadband in Brazil and is owned by Alloha Fibra group, has deployed Ciena’s Waveserver 5 platform, powered by WaveLogic...

Cisco is rolling out a number of enhancements to its Routed Optical Networking portfolio with new products and features, including a new Cisco NCS 1010 open optical line system, Bright...

Researchers at MIT have fabricated a stackable, reconfigurable artificial intelligence chip that uses light-emitting diodes (LED) to allow the chip’s multiple layers to communicate optically. The MIT design uses light,...

MSA Resources Sdn Bhd (MSAR), a telecommunications infrastructure provider based in Peninsular Malaysia will deploy Ciena’s 6500, WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optics, and Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) domain...

Media Commerce, a telecommunications operator located in Colombia, has deployd Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optical technology, which is designed to support up to 800Gb/s capacity per channel across...

by James E. CarrollII‐VI has taped-out its Steelerton digital signal processor (DSP) for 100 Gbps coherent transmission in optical access and aggregation networks.  The company says its Steelerton DSP, miniaturized...