Optical

OpenLight completed Telcordia GR-468 qualification for all active optoelectronic components in its Photonic Design Kit (PDK) based on Tower Semiconductor’s PH18DA process. The qualification certifies that OpenLight’s integrated lasers, electro-absorption...

Nokia introduced Broadband Easy, a new digital platform and service suite designed to automate and accelerate fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments for broadband operators. The platform leverages advanced AI models and automation...

US Conec and SANWA Technologies have entered into a licensing agreement that enables SANWA to produce and supply US Conec’s MDC (Miniature Duplex Connector) and MMC (Miniature Multi-fiber Connector) Very...

Coherent Corp. introduced its new 2x400G-FR4 Lite optical transceiver, a silicon photonics-based solution designed for high-volume deployments in AI-optimized data centers and high-speed Ethernet networks. The new module delivers up...

RAM Photonics Industrial has announced the launch of its Medusa Array product family, a scalable 2D fiber array designed for next-generation optical interconnects. Manufactured using a fully automated, high-speed process...

Source Photonics introduced a 200G per lane multi-channel monolithic indium phosphide (InP) photonic integrated circuit (PIC) designed for 1.6Tbps and future 3.2Tbps transceivers. This technology aims to enhance intra-data center...

Nokia has introduced two new 25G PON fiber modems designed to bring mass-market multi-gigabit and 10G+ broadband speeds to residential customers. The new indoor optical network terminals (ONTs) deliver speeds...

Keysight Technologies has introduced Photonic Designer, a new photonic design automation (PDA) software aimed at improving accuracy, streamlining workflows, and ensuring compliance for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) engineers. As part of...

NVIDIA unveiled its next-generation silicon photonics switches—Spectrum-X Photonics Ethernet and Quantum-X Photonics InfiniBand—designed to scale AI factories to connect millions of GPUs while cutting energy consumption and improving performance. The new co-packaged...

Taara, formerly a project within Alphabet’s X lab, announced today that it has officially spun out as an independent company. In a blog post and podcast, Taara CEO Mahesh Krishnaswamy...

Coherent plans to introduce a 2D Collimator Array for optical circuit switches (OCS) at the upcoming OFC 2025 in San Francisco. The new optical assembly is designed to meet the...

Astera Labs has expanded its Cloud-Scale Interop Lab to accelerate the adoption of PCIe 6.x AI platforms, enhancing interoperability testing for Scorpio Smart Fabric Switches. This expansion supports rigorous real-world system validation across a wide range of PCIe 6.x...

OpenLight and Tower Semiconductor have successfully demonstrated a 400G/lane silicon photonics modulator, marking a significant advancement in high-speed optical connectivity for data centers and AI applications. Built on Tower’s PH18DA...