Hand-in-hand
1 February 2021
How will the next generation of optical networks provide the capacity to support unwavering increases in traffic, and does one solution really ‘fit all’? Keely Portway finds out
Components and Subsystems
Optoscribe reveals chip for fibre-to-SiPh PIC coupling
7 December 2020
Optoscribe has launched a monolithic glass chip for low-loss coupling to silicon photonics (SiPh) grating couplers.
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100GBaud+ Silicon Photonics Solutions Drive Optical Network Evolution
1 December 2020
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This paper describes how silicon photonic (SiPh) opto-electronic integration and packaging, with its improved RF performance, is designed to enable next-generation coherent transmission beyond 100Gbaud and provide network operators with the ability to avoid “half-step” capacity upgrades and allow them the full step upgrades they need without sacrificing reach or stranding network bandwidth when migrating from current-generation solutions.
Vector Photonics awarded £280k grant for PCSEL work in datacoms
13 November 2020
Start-up, Vector Photonics has received a £280k grant from UK government to support project LOCAL, or to give it its full title, Lasers for Communications Applications.
Growing traffic drives RETN to update Eurasia network
12 November 2020
International network service provider, RETN has updated its Eurasian network to accommodate a recent rapid increase in network traffic.
Keep it coherent
9 November 2020
Full capacity? When it comes to 800G coherent, Keely Portway considers how to address capacity-reach
Photonics hub awarded €19m by Horizon 2020
29 October 2020
Newly formed pan-European photonics digital innovation hub, PhotonHub Europe has received €19m from the EU’s investment programme.
Optical comms market emerging first and fighting fit from Covid-19
11 May 2020
LightCounting's updated forecast for the optical communications market provides (tentatively) positive and reassuring reading.
II-VI increases capacity to meet molecular diagnostic testing requirements
24 March 2020
US optoelectronic component manufacturer, II-VI is increasing its manufacturing capacity of components and subassemblies for molecular diagnostic testing systems.
II-VI introduces POLS Platform for 400ZR Ecosystem at OFC 2020
11 March 2020
Component, module, and subsystem vendor, II‐VI introduced a new pluggable optical line subsystem (POLS) platform on its booth at OFC.
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As the pandemic underlines the value of the internet more than ever, its underlying technology is making one of its biggest transitions for years.
The data centre market is a particularly wide-ranging one, with one of the driving forces in recent years the emergence of the hyperscale data centre or cloud service provider.
As the world struggles to settle into the ‘new normal’, today’s optical networks need to be flexible in their architecture blueprint, while adapting to new technologies to provide the kinds of new capacity and service options to meet accelerated demand for higher bandwidth.
To address the undeniable growing demand for higher bandwidth, optical vendors have been playing their role with the development of various coherent optical transceivers for different areas of the market, each with its own set of design considerations.
The demand for bandwidth has unarguably skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to the increased appetite for online gaming, content streaming and social-media use.
The importance of reliable connectivity has never been more recognised than it is now. While ambitious targets have been in place across the world for fibre deployment for some time, the ongoing pandemic has served to push it to the forefront.
Looking into the future of telecommunications, it could be argued that AI and telcos will effectively transform each other, explains Raf Meersman
How do we, as an industry, build better broadband for a post-pandemic world? The answer could be fixed, suggests Stefaan Vanhastel
Altnets could be the key to connecting rural areas in 2021, argues Michael Armitage
A glance at the current market for fifth-generation coherent optics, and some of the latest developments available
