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Huawei Released 400G WDM Prototype for Ultra-Long-Haul Transmission at the OFC 2014 Conference

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced the release of a 400G WDM prototype for ultra-long-haul transmission at the OFC 2014 Conference. The innovative prototype employs Faster Than Nyquist (FTN) technology to increase the 400G transmission distance beyond 3000 km, representing a significant breakthrough in the high-speed WDM transmission field.

12 Mar 2014

Industry Consortium to Standardize Wavelength Division Multiplexing for Interoperable 100G WDM Standard

Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd., a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, and Ranovus, Inc., a leading provider of multi-terabit interconnect solutions for data center and communications networks, today announced the founding of an industry consortium to standardize Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) for an interoperable 100G WDM standard for 2 kilometer reach, covering today’s and tomorrow’s large cloud data center interconnectivity requirements.

11 Mar 2014

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Introduces Advanced Quantum Handheld V-Groove Splicer

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, a major leader in the design and manufacturing of optical fiber and connectivity solutions, today announced the introduction of the Quantum Type-QH201e-VS handheld fusion splicer, the fourth splicer launched in its Quantum Splicer™ product line.

From Sumitomo Electric Europe 11 Mar 2014

Maxim’s SFP+ Laser Transceiver IC Helps Achieve High Performance in Optical Modules

Engineers can now achieve high performance in optical modules with low power consumption using the highly integrated MAX3956 10GBASE-LR SFP+ optical transceiver IC from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

11 Mar 2014

Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science Investigation to Launch to International Space Station

What's more interesting than videos of cats chasing laser beams over the kitchen floor? How about videos sent OVER laser beams from NASA's International Space Station back to Earth?

11 Mar 2014

Furukawa Electric Develops 1060nm Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Operating at 25Gbps

OFC/ NFOEC 2014, Booth 4153 – Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has developed a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) that operates at 25 Gbps and realized transmission of up to 500 meters over prototype multimode fibers developed by OFS and Corning Incorporated.

7 Mar 2014

Micrel Introduces Two New Optical Limiting Amplifiers

Micrel, Inc., an industry leader in high performance analog and high-speed mixed signal, LAN, and timing and communications solutions, today launched the SY88073L and SY88083L, two new limiting post amplifiers.

7 Mar 2014

JDSU to Highlight Latest Optical Communications Solutions at OFC/NFOEC 2014

JDSU today announced that it will highlight the latest solutions from its optical communications and network and service enablement portfolios at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA from March 11-13, 2014.

7 Mar 2014

MultiPhy Introduce 400Gb/s Network Connections for Data Centers at OFC 2014

MultiPhy Ltd, a global leader in DSP-based high bandwidth CMOS communications semiconductors for Data Center and Metro connectivity will be introducing its next generation 400Gb/s technology at OFC 2014, in San Francisco on March 11-13.

6 Mar 2014

MultiPhy Announce Cooperation with TeraXion to Produce 80km 100G Network Solution

MultiPhy, Ltd, a global leader in DSP-based high bandwidth CMOS communications semiconductors for Data Center and Metro Connectivity, today announced the achievement of a successful integration and interoperability demonstration of the MP1100Q MLSE Receiver/DEMUX and MP1101Q MUX Chipset with TeraXion’s CS-DCL, the smallest optical chromatic dispersion compensator from the leading manufacturer of optical components and modules for high-speed networks.

6 Mar 2014