Silicon technology enhancements are enabling the evolution of coherent optical engines along three vectors. The first vector maximizes performance by leveraging the most advanced optical features, the second minimizes space and power, and a third integrates systems-level functions that were previously located in the shelf or card.
Market research firm Cignal AI has published its latest Transport Applications Report, covering the fourth quarter of last year.
A team of researchers from China Mobile Research Institute has successfully tested the 1,100km transmission of 800G systems.
Zayo Group has committed to providing increased optical network capacity and reach between Dublin, Ireland and Amsterdam, Netherlands in what the firm calls an ‘important step’ towards enabling 400G in the region.
II-VI Incorporated is to acquire Coherent for approximately $7.01bn.
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
Optoscribe has launched a monolithic glass chip for low-loss coupling to silicon photonics (SiPh) grating couplers.
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.
International network service provider, RETN has updated its Eurasian network to accommodate a recent rapid increase in network traffic.
Full capacity? When it comes to 800G coherent, Keely Portway considers how to address capacity-reach
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A look at some of the challenges faced by submarine network operators, and the ways in which they can maximise performance, whatever their cable system
A look at the market for access equipment and some of the products and solutions available
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Abigail Williams offers a market update on fibre network deployments in the Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region
Zeusconnects Lowestoft in the UK to Zandvoort in the Netherlands (credit: Zayo)
Can subsea cables cope with a world in flux? Alice Jensen finds out
Richard Thorpe, chief delivery officer at CityFibre
Richard Thorpe advises how a partnership approach can ease the procurement process for altnets.
According to Liam Taylor, the answer lies in the detail
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Railway networks not only make for great people and freight transport networks, they also make for great optical transport networks. Jonathan Homa explains what the railway industry needs to consider when building out optical transport links.
