Avago’s 28nm SerDes Hits 32 Gbps
Avago Technologies's new 28nm Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) core has achieved 32 Gbps performance while withstanding up to 40 dB of channel ...
Tag: Optical
Mellanox Acquires IPtronics for 100G Optical Interconnects
Mellanox Technologies completed its previously announced acquisition of privately held IPtronics A/S, for $47.5 million in cash. IPtronics’ current location ...
OIF Releases Papers on OTN Monitoring and PCE Implementation
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has completed two critical technical whitepapers that address the increased adoption of OTN for 100G ...
Infinera Demos Transport SDN at Nissho Labs
Infinera has demonstrated its converged packet-optical technology and Transport Software Defined Network (SDN) on an Infinera DTN-X network at Nissho ...
MIT Develops Ferroelectric-graphene-based Waveguides
Researchers at MIT have developed a prototype device uses graphene sandwiched between two layers of a ferroelectric material to make ...
Georgia Tech Makes Gains in Quantum Networking
Georgia Institute of Technology reported a milestone a quantum network milestone: entangling light with an optical atomic coherence composed of ...
KPN Implements Huawei’s 100G with SD FEC
KPN International is implementing Huawei's second generation soft-decision forward error correction (SD FEC) technology in its pan-European 100G WDM backbone. ...
Marlin Equity Adds Sycamore to Coriant
Marlin Equity Partners will combine Sycamore Networks Solutions with Coriant. Sycamore supplies optical switching and multiservice access platforms. Marlin Equity ...
GigOptix Develops Parallel Optical for Consumer Electronics
GigOptix announced an expansion from the datacom market into optical links for consumer electronics. The company is positioning its parallel ...
Oclaro Names Greg Dougherty CEO
Oclaro named Greg Dougherty as its new CEO, replacing the retiring Alain Couder, who is also stepping down as the ...
Ciena Posts Sales of $507.7 million, Loss of $27 Million
Ciena reported revenue of $507.7 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2013, up 6.3% YoY and up 12% sequentially. ...
Source Photonics Appoints CEO
Source Photonics, which supplies optical transceivers and subsystems, named Doug Wright as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Wright ...
NTT Develops 10G LEAP Laser with 90% Power Reduction
Researchers at NTT have developed a Lambda-sacle Embedded Active Photonic-crystal (LEAP) Laser that enables 10 Gbps communications while using only ...
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