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NAB 2016: Inneos to Use Semtech’s UHDTV Products for Fiber- Optic Technology Demonstration

Semtech Corporation, a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced today that Inneos, a leading supplier of optical subsystems, will use its industry leading chipset for quad channel SR optical interconnects for a fiber-optic technology demonstration at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show on April 18-21 in Semtech’s booth N5024 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

18 Apr 2016

Hammer Fiber Chooses vXchnge's Data Center to Provide Direct Route from Philadelphia to New York

Hammer Fiber Optic Investments, the New Jersey based Fiber Services provider, has launched in vXchnge's Philadelphia facility. The announcement was made today by vXchnge, a Designed for Performance® carrier-neutral colocation services provider.

12 Apr 2016

Nokia's New Passive Optical LAN Solution Provides Cost Efficient Alternative to Traditional Ethernet LAN

Nokia today announced its Passive Optical LAN (POL) solution, giving operators and enterprises a faster, more cost-effective way to deploy local area networks (LAN) at a time when gigabit services, WiFi, the Cloud and high-bandwidth applications such as video streaming and file sharing are reshaping today's network needs.

6 Apr 2016

Sumitomo Electric Creates New Coupled Multi-Core Optical Fiber for Ultra-Long-Haul Transmission Systems

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has developed a new-type coupled multi-core optical fiber suitable for ultra-long-haul transmission, which has set new records of the low attenuation and the low spatial mode dispersion in the optical fibers for space division multiplexing.

28 Mar 2016

Laser Pacemaker Could One Day Noninvasively Stimulate the Human Heart with Light Signals

Electric pacemakers are used by people worldwide to help control abnormal heartbeats. The devices have helped scientists learn more about the heart’s physiology and disorders, says Chao Zhou, but they have their limits. Pacemakers must be surgically implanted. They can cause unwanted contractions in other areas of the chest, alter pH levels and cause tissue damage.

28 Mar 2016

nanoPrecision Products' Ferrolder Over-Performs Traditional Ceramic Fiber Optic Connectors

nanoPrecision Products has unveiled third-party optical and environmental testing data that show its next generation fiber optic connector, called the Ferrolder, over-performs traditional ceramic SC style ferrules and connectors and qualifies for a Single Optical Connector SC-UPC Kit by Verizon.

26 Mar 2016

Optical Society Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Fiber Optic Communications

In just a few decades, new optical technologies have transformed the way we communicate. This year we celebrate Sir Charles Kao, 2009 Physics Nobel Prize winner, who 50 years ago discovered that a laser beam traveling down a single strand of low-loss glass optical fiber, has the ability to transfer the entire contents of a 1TB hard drive in about 31 milliseconds.

26 Mar 2016

Superior Essex Debuts EnduraLite Indoor/Outdoor Loose Tube Optical Fiber Cable

Superior Essex announces the launch of its EnduraLite™ Indoor/Outdoor Loose Tube optical fiber cable. Robust and flexible, the EnduraLite cable is uniquely designed to handle tough weather conditions in applications that require a transition of optical fiber between indoor and outdoor environments.

23 Mar 2016

MaxLinear's MxL9101 28Gbps TIA Optimized for Low-Power 100Gbps Optical Transceivers

MaxLinear Inc., a leading provider of radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for cable and satellite broadband communications, the connected home, and for data center, metro, and long-haul fiber networks, announced the MxL9101 28Gbps transimpedance amplifier (TIA) array optimized for low-power 100Gbps optical transceivers.

22 Mar 2016

Molex/Oplink to Showcase Innovative Solutions for Optical Communications, Networking Applications at OFC 2016

Molex, LLC will feature new product demonstrations plus a product showcase of innovative solutions for optical communications and networking applications at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Exposition, to be held March 22-24, 2016, at the Anaheim (CA) Convention Center.

22 Mar 2016

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