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Intune Networks Expands Interface Options for iVX8000 Distributed Optical Switch

Intune Networks announces support for 100GE client ports on its iVX8000 distributed switch. The system, which behaves like a conventional local switch but has ports spread hundreds of miles apart, is currently being deployed in place of traditional networks to deliver flexible pools of highly-meshed connectivity.

19 Mar 2013

New Report on Uses and Current Technology of Mobile LIDAR

Imagine driving down a road a few times and obtaining in an hour more data about the surrounding landscape than a crew of surveyors could obtain in months.

16 Mar 2013

Engineers at Stanford Design High-Resolution, Micro-Endoscope

Engineers at Stanford have demonstrated a high-resolution endoscope that is as thin as a human hair with a resolution four times better than previous devices of similar design.

15 Mar 2013

Imec’s New Silicon Photonics Platform Provides Cost-Efficient Solutions to Integrated Photonics Products

Imec announced today the launch of its fully integrated silicon photonics platform through a cost-sharing Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) service via ePIXfab. The platform enables cost-effective R&D of silicon photonic ICs for high-performance optical transceivers (25Gb/s and beyond) and optical sensing and life science applications.

From imec Inc. 15 Mar 2013

PG&O to Highlight Thin Film Optical Solutions at SPIE DSS

Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O), global experts in optical manufacturing and precision thin film coatings, offers complete turnkey optical solutions for military and defense applications.

15 Mar 2013

Avago Technologies Unveils New 100G CFP2 Optical Transceiver

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today announced a new 100G CFP2 optical transceiver, the AFBR-8420Z. The device is a 10-channel pluggable, multi-mode parallel optic transceiver module designed for high-density 100G Ethernet and Optical Transport Network (OTN).

14 Mar 2013

Attendees of Largest Astronomy Lesson Learn Secrets of Cosmos Using Light and Color

Looking up through hundreds of colored filters and spectral glasses, 526 people shattered the record for the Largest Astronomy Lesson. Under the Texas night sky, students were instructed on the lawn of the Long Center for the Performing Arts at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin on Sunday, March 10, 2013.

14 Mar 2013

Vytran to Highlight CAS-4100 Optical Fiber Splicer at OFC/NFOEC Conference

Vytran, an innovative supplier of optical fiber splicing and processing solutions, will demonstrate its compact, high-performance "CAS-4100" optical fiber splicer, and show a selection of other precision fiber processing equipment, at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) 2013, booth #2109. The OFC/NFOEC exposition will be held March 19-21 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

14 Mar 2013

Lightwave Logic Engages EM Photonics to Develop Advanced Telecom Modulator

Lightwave Logic, Inc., a technology company focused on the development of a Next Generation Non Linear Optical Polymer Materials Platform for applications in high speed fiber-optic data communications and optical computing, announced today that it has engaged EM Photonics, of Newark, Delaware, to develop an advanced telecom modulator.

13 Mar 2013

3S PHOTONICS to Supply 980 nm Laser Chips for New Packaging Platform

3S PHOTONICS, a world-leading manufacturer in optical and optoelectronic components for telecommunication networks, and Finisar Corporation, the world's largest supplier of optical communication components and subsystems, today announced their formal agreement to launch a partnership for the development of a new packaging platform for 980nm cooled laser pump modules.

13 Mar 2013