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When the chips are down
1 December 2021
Keely Portway looks at what the current semiconductor shortage could mean for telecoms in 2022
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Photonics organisations forge partnership
8 June 2021
The IEEE Photonics Society and the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) have entered into an agreement to promote joint activities, cross-disciplinary technical dissemination and cooperative programs between membership bodies.
A tale of two platforms
29 January 2021
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A wide range of cloud and video applications, together with the increased access speeds enabled by 5G, DAA, and next-generation PON, are driving the need for ever more optical bandwidth. To deliver this bandwidth, optical vendors are developing a broad range of coherent optical transceivers addressing different segments of the market, each with its own set of design considerations.
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.
Hitachi High-Tech strengthens PIC offering with VLC acquisition
17 November 2020
Hitachi High-Tech is to acquire VLC Photonics, making it a subsidiary company through which it will continue to provide photonic integrated circuit (PIC) engineering services.
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.
CompoundTek expands with Singapore silicon photonics test centre
29 January 2020
Silicon photonics foundry service provider, CompoundTek has expanded to open a silicon photonics test facility in Singapore.
Direct subsea optical connection trialled between USA and Africa
20 January 2020
Angola Cables is trialling Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct subsea optical connection between the USA and Africa.
Circuit training
20 January 2020
PIC your test to deliver reliable optical component performance in a next-generation world, says François Couny
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