Optical

Data center networking is poised to make the leap to 224G per lane connectivity, opening the path for super high-speed interfaces at 1.6 Tbps and up. How are the challenges...

At ECOC 2024 in Frankfurt, Avicena unveiled a major advancement in its LightBundle technology, extending the reach of its microLED-based optical interconnects to 30 meters, tripling the previous demonstration of...

Conventional thinking holds that Light Emitting Diodes (LED) are too slow for communication links, right? What are microLEDs? Is it possible for microLEDs on a chip to scale to terabit...

Eoptolink Technology released its new OSFP 1.6T DR8/DR8-2 and 2xFR4 transceivers, targeting next-generation high-bandwidth networks for AI/ML clusters and cloud data centers. These transceivers feature eight electrical host interfacing lanes...

SoftBank Corp. and NewPhotonics have announced a collaborative research and development partnership to advance photonics technologies for next-generation data centers and mobile fronthaul infrastructure. The partnership focuses on Linear-drive Pluggable...

Jabil Inc. has announced the expansion of its silicon photonics capabilities at its Ottawa, Canada site to support the growing demands of AI and next-generation data center technologies. The expansion,...

HyperLight, a start-up based in Cambridge, Mass., that I developing thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits (PICs), has secured $37 million in Series B funding led by Summit...

Broadcom announced the availability of its Sian2 DSP, a 200G per lane PAM-4 DSP PHY, designed to power the next generation of AI data centers. Sian2 supports 200G electrical and...

Ciena launched a 1.6 Tbps Coherent-Lite pluggable for hyperscale cloud and data center providers. The new offering leverages Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Nano (WL6n) technology andi s designed for high-performance data...

At ECOC24, Coherent Corp. launched an 100G ZR QSFP28-DCO transceiver, setting a new industry standard in power-efficient optical networking. The module, based on Coherent’s Steelerton DSP technology, operates at just...

Molex introduced new VaporConnect Optical Feedthrough Modules for immersion cooling in high-performance data centers. VaporConnect uses a cassette-based design that bolts directly onto immersion tanks. This solution allows optical transceivers...

The Open XR Optics Forum published a Management Requirements White Paper that provides an in-depth evaluation of the management interface and API requirements essential for advancing the development and adoption of next...

TRUMPF Photonic Components has enhanced its datacom vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with proprietary subwavelength surface grating technology, improving polarization stability and signal performance for high-speed data transmission. This innovation reduces...