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Optoscribe Upgrades 3D MMux Photonic Lantern Technology

Optoscribe, a leading supplier of 3D Waveguide technology for optical telecommunications, is pleased announce the launch of a significant upgrade to its 3D MMux Photonic Lantern (PL) technology. The newly upgraded product has been designed and tailored to high performance low-DGD OFS fiber technology, without requiring any external optics.

21 May 2015

ECI Telecom Introduces 400G Flexible Grid Blade for Data Transport with Higher Spectral Efficiency

ECI Telecom, a global provider of next-generation, elastic network solutions, introduced today the company's new 400G flexible grid blade for the Apollo product line. The 400G blade is designed to transport data with higher spectral efficiency and industry-leading port density, resulting in reduced rack space and less power consumption.

19 May 2015

PCIM Europe 2015: Avago Introduces Wide Array of Industrial Fiber Optic Products

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, storage and industrial applications, today unveiled a wide array of new industrial fiber optic products targeting renewable energy, industrial motor drive and transportation applications. The new products will be showcased in the Avago booth 6-206 at the PCIM Europe 2015 exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany from May 19th to 21st.

19 May 2015

Fiber Optic Center Announces New Association with Wayne M. Kachmar

Fiber Optic Center, Inc., (FOC), an international leader in distributing fiber optic components, equipment and supplies and recognized as one of the most technically savvy fiber optics companies in the world, announces a new association with Wayne M. Kachmarand partnership with his Technical Horsepower Consulting, LLC. toits technical offerings.

19 May 2015

Silicon Chips That Move Data Using Light Win Grand Prizes at MIT CEP Competition

A team that aims to drastically boost the efficiency of computing with silicon chips that move data using light — not electricity — took home both grand prizes at Monday night’s MIT Clean Energy Prize (CEP) competition, earning a total of $275,000.

14 May 2015

ADTRAN Accelerates NG-PON2 Delivery using 10G Wavelength Symmetric ITU/FSAN Standards-Based Technology

ADTRAN®, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, today announced an industry breakthrough in the economics of delivering Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) services based on NG-PON2 architecture.

14 May 2015

New Fibertech Ethernet 10 Gigabit Network to Connect 61 Sites of Pittsburgh Public Schools

Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) is connecting its 61 sites with a new fiber optic broadband infrastructure. The new network allows PPS to increase the availability of technology and other computer devices for student use without concern for bandwidth constraints.

13 May 2015

Infinera Offers 100Gb/s Terrestrial, Subsea Connections between Greece and Western Europe

Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, is offering 100 gigabit per second (Gb/s) terrestrial and subsea connections between Greece and Western Europe through Italy and the Balkans, with the Infinera DTN-X packet optical transport networking platform for OTEGLOBE's international backbone expansion.

12 May 2015

Tapered Optical Fibers Deliver Highly Confined Spots of Light to Study Retinal Cell Activity

"Imagine a tiny spotlight like those used in theatres but with a light ray measuring only a few nanometres, which shines light on a given spot but leaves everything else in the dark," explains Monica Mazzolini, SISSA research scientist, "That's how the optic fibres we used in our experiment work".

7 May 2015

New Laser Process Enables Optical Fibers to be Inserted into Even Smaller Veins

Modern medicine relies on optical fibers to cauterize unhealthy veins in a minimally invasive way. Now, Fraunhofer researchers have developed a laser processing method that facilitates automated series manufacture of these fibers at a much finer quality than ever before.

7 May 2015

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