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Researchers Discover New Way of Storing and "Echoing" Pulses of Light

A new way of storing and 'echoing' pulses of light has been discovered by a team from The Australian National University, allowing bursts of laser to work as a flexible optical memory and potentially assist in extending the range of quantum information systems.

9 Sep 2009

OneChip Photonics Delivers New Family of High-Performance, Low-Cost Photonic Integrated Circuit-Based EPON Transceivers

At The 11th China International OPTO ELECTRONIC Expo (CIOE 2009), OneChip Photonics today announced its new family of high-performance, low-cost Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)-based Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) transceivers.

6 Sep 2009

Awards Reinforce Blazar's Ability to Enable Direct Fiber-to-the-Chip Connectivity for the HPC Market

Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, today announced that as a winner of the 2008 Prism Award, it will participate in the Prism Innovations Product Lab at this year's SPIE Optics and Photonics conference in San Diego, California.

29 Jul 2009

Corning Introduces New Optical Fiber Data Center Solution

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced worldwide a new optical fiber data center solution that addresses the critical issues facing today's chief information officers (CIOs) and also will meet the demands of tomorrow's data centers.

18 Jun 2009

Device Could be Used for Optical Communication, Force Detection, and More

Physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a nanoscale device that can be used for force detection, optical communication, and more. The device exploits the mechanical properties of light to create an optomechanical cavity in which interactions between light and motion are greatly strengthened and enhanced.

4 Jun 2009

CIG Implements Discrete Optics With Mindspeed's Burst-Mode Laser Driver to Cost Reduce Optical Network Terminals

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced that Mindspeed's M02090 laser driver with integrated limiting amplifier and M02015 high sensitivity transimpedance amplifier (TIA) have enabled Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) to implement a bi-directional optical sub-assembly (BOSA) on-board design in dual closed loop configuration, significantly reducing the cost of optical network terminals (ONTs) for fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) applications.

7 May 2009

JDSU Introduces 450mW 5100 Series Pump Laser

JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) today announced availability of the 450mW 5100 Series pump laser, the highest 980nm power available to the undersea optical networking industry today. The 5100 Series will power undersea optical amplifiers that are needed to transmit fiber optic signals along cables that span thousands of kilometers along the ocean floor, acting as critical trans-continental links for broadband communications.

4 May 2009

IPOS Announces Launch with One-Day Symposium on The Photonic Universe

The Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), the newest institute in the University of Sydney and the only one of its kind in Australia, launched this week with a one-day symposium The Photonic Universe - Faster, Further, Smarter.

23 Apr 2009

CIG Chooses BroadLight's BL2345/BL2348 for Its New Generation GPON ONTs and ONUs

BroadLight, the leading supplier of GPON semiconductors and software, today announced that Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) has selected BroadLight's second generation of GPON System on Chips, the BL2345 and BL2348, for its wide portfolio of GPON Customer Premises Equipment (CPE).

20 Apr 2009

The Advanced ROADM Capability of 6400 OTP Provides Unmatched Flexibility for Service Offerings, Routing and Restoration

Xtera Communications, a global supplier of next generation optical solutions, today announced that Marcatel, a full service provider of Video, Voice and Data telecommunications services in the Mexican and US market, has selected and is deploying the Xtera 6400 OTP (Optical Transport Platform) as a cost-effective means of quickly introducing a broad range of media and communications services.

20 Apr 2009