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Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switched SDN to be Demonstrated at ECOC 2013

A live demonstration of a hybrid packet-optical circuit switched software-defined network (SDN) will take place at Europe’s largest optical communications event next week. The European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) will take place from 22- 26 September in London.

19 Sep 2013

OFS Improves 50 µm Multimode Fibers

OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network products, today announced it has improved several important optical and geometry specifications for its line of 50 µm multimode fibers including LaserWave® FLEX Bend-Optimized Fiber.

17 Sep 2013

Cosemi Introduces OptoHD Solution for Optically Interconnecting HD Digital Video Sources to HD Video Displays

Cosemi Technologies, Inc., a privately held supplier of high-speed optical semiconductor solutions for the communications, cloud computing, and Fiber In The Home (FITH) markets, announced the availability of its OptoHD solution optically interconnecting high definition digital video sources to high definition video displays.

17 Sep 2013

Alcatel-Lucent and SaskTel Conduct 400G Optical Transport Trial on 10G Network

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris) and SaskTel, the full service communications provider in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, have announced the successful trial of fiber-optic data transmission that could enable the delivery of data at speeds of up to 400G (gigabytes-per second) over a network originally built for 10G traffic.

13 Sep 2013

Mindspeed’s New Optical Solutions Enable Single Mode Optical Fiber Multi-Kilometer Transmission of Video Signals

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for broadcast infrastructure, today announced the availability of a laser driver, limiting amplifier and receiver optical sub-assemblies (ROSAs) that enable multi-kilometer transmission of broadcast video signals over single mode optical fiber.

13 Sep 2013

Polymicro Technologies Improves Solarization of its FDP Optical Fiber in Deep UV Applications

Polymicro Technologies, a subsidiary of Molex Incorporated, recently announced improvements to its FDP optical fiber. The latest enhancements improve solarization of the fiber in deep UV applications (190 – 325 nm).

11 Sep 2013

Optoscribe Launch New Brand at ECOC 2013

Scottish based company Optoscribe is pleased announce the launch of its new website at the ECOC 2013 exhibition, 23-25 September at ICC London ExCel UK.

10 Sep 2013

DSIT and Ramot Receive Grant for Fiber-Optic Based Perimeter Security System Interrogator

DSIT Solutions Ltd., a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc., disclosed today that the company and Ramot, the technology transfer company of Tel-Aviv University, were jointly awarded a grant from MEIMAD. MEIMAD is a collaborative program between the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the Office of the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Finance, to jointly promote new ideas and new technologies that can serve both commercial applications and military needs.

4 Sep 2013

Fiber Optics Enables High School Marching Band to Include Guitars and Keyboards

Howard High School's music department started the school year with an unusual marching band program that combines brass and drums with guitars and keyboards, thanks to fiber optic connectivity by FiberPlex Technologies.

3 Sep 2013

Researchers Detect Single Nanoparticle with Special Kind of Optical Fibre

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in identifying the world's most sensitive nanoparticle and measuring it from a distance using light. These super-bright, photostable and background-free nanocrystals enable a new approach to highly advanced sensing technologies using optical fibres.

2 Sep 2013