Optical

At the upcoming LASER World of PHOTONICS CHINA exhibition in Shanghai, Luxinar will showcase its range of sealed CO2 laser sources: New SR x series of sealed CO 2 laser...

Adtran introduced its FSP 3000 S-Flex DWDM muxponder able to support 64 Gbit/s Fibre Channel services and designed for next-generation storage area networks (SAN) and critical infrastructure.  With a total...

Windstream Wholesale reported a new benchmark for speed and efficiency in delivering multiple 400G wave orders to a large cable company. The team successfully completed service deployment to the customer...

How can network operators increase the capacity of the optical transport network?  There are 2 ways: increase the bits-per-hertz or increase the amount of spectrum.  This video explores the second...

OFS announced an improved performance TrueLase Yb 22/400-915-3kW, Ytterbium Doped Active Fiber developed for high-efficiency, reliable, multi-kilowatt fiber lasers.  The TrueLase fiber family uses TrueClad Low Index Polymer Coating, which...

Arelion has upgraded its existing Infinera FlexILS flexible-grid line system to support the L-band on a high-traffic route from Ashburn, VA to Atlanta. The upgrade doubles capacity per fiber pair,...

Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corporation released an upgraded optical spectrum analyzer equipped with features that enhance performance and improve usability. The instrument (AQ6370E) can be used to characterize a wide...

OIF has launched a new Energy Efficient Interfaces (EEI) Framework project focused on the next generation of low power optics, also referred to as “Linear” or “Direct Drive”, for data...

Cambium Networks entered the fiber access business with the introduction of an FTTx Combo PON platform supporting both Gigabit Passive Optical (GPON) and 10 Gigabit Symmetric XGS-PON technology over the...

POET Technologies announced alpha sample readiness of a chiplet-based transmitter platform for 400G, 800G and 1.6T pluggable transceivers and co-packaged optics solutions. Two lead customers have agreed to partner with...

Míla, the largest telecom infrastructure company in Iceland, selected Ciena to increase the country’s bandwidth capacity and 5G capabilities. Míla provides fiber access, mobile xHaul, and Layer 2/3 VPN services...

NTT has adopted Fujitsu's 1FINITY Ultra optical transport platform as a verification system for use in trials ahead of the construction of the next optical core network covering Japan.  Fujitsu...

 OIF has commenced work on four new projects. Management of Smart Optical Modules Project: Current system management paradigms require tight coupling between hosts and pluggable optical modules. As module capabilities advance,...