Optical Communications News

RSS

Upgrading Southern Cross’ Band-Width Services with JDSU’s T-BERD-MTS-8000 V2 40 G-100 G

JDSU declared that its T-BERD/MTS-8000 V2 40 G/100 G Transport Module has been selected by the Southern Cross Cable Network for offering seamless high-bandwidth services over its high-speed submarine, trans-Pacific cable infrastructure.

17 Jan 2012

Samsung Launches Optical SMART Hub for Wireless Media Sharing

Samsung Electronics, a pioneer in information technology and digital consumer electronics has introduced the Optical SMART Hub, the SE-208BW optical disc drive (ODD) that can be employed for accessing and supporting media files including MP3s, pictures, movies, and data files.

11 Jan 2012

Lightower Fiber Networks Employed for MBI’s Diverse Network Solution

Lightower Fiber Networks, a pioneer in supplying bandwidth services and metro fiber network to the Northeast, declared that the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI), a part of the Massachusetts Technology, has chosen Lightower to deliver a diverse network solution.

6 Jan 2012

Fraunhofer Develops Lateral Drift Field Photodetector for CMOS Chips

Researchers at the Fraunhofer applied research organization in Europe have developed a lateral drift field photodetector (LDPD) for CMOS chips.

From Fraunhofer USA, Inc. 4 Jan 2012

Optical Material Technology Can Decrease Power Usage of Data Centers

A Bloomberg News Service story dated 13 December 2011 has described the vast power costs required for cooling data centers across the world.

27 Dec 2011

METTLER TOLEDO Presents Webinar on Optical Oxygen Measurement Technology

METTLER TOLEDO has declared an on-demand webinar on “Improved Beer Quality and Higher Yield with optical O2 measurement”. This optical O2 sensing technology will be employed in various applications instead of using the conventional amperometric O2 measurement.

21 Dec 2011

Optics Balzers Releases All-Dielectric Self-Blocking SWIR Filters

Optics Balzers Jena provides the SWIR spectral region with all-dielectric band-pass standard filters having an exceptional automatic blocking filter design. A wide blocking range is integrated with a high pass-band transmittance in one all-dielectric interference coating.

19 Dec 2011

Lightwave Logic’s Optical Materials Demonstrate Superior Electro-Optical Properties, Thermal and Photo Stability

Lightwave Logic, a company specializing in the advancement of future-generation, non-linear optical polymer materials for optical computing and fiber-optic high-speed data communication applications, has declared that its new organic non-linear optical materials have demonstrated superior photo and thermal stability and superior electro-optical properties in recently carried out tests by independent research laboratories.

17 Dec 2011

Tejas Networks' Packet Optical Transport Solutions to Improve Cross-Border Communications

XC Networks, supplier of last mile solutions, cross-border communications, and wireless backhaul in the U.S and in the Republic of Mexico, declared that it has appointed Tejas Networks' Packet Optical Transport solutions for its optical backbone improvement.

15 Dec 2011

Alcatel-Lucent's 100 Gigabit Optical Solution from Cablevision, Argentina

Cablevision Argentina is a large cable TV and Internet services provider for Latin America and will be South America’s first cable operator to provide services over 100 GB/S speed, deploying an advanced optical networking solution.

15 Dec 2011