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New Bandwidth Variable Transmitter Could Improve Data Transmission in Optical Networks

All the world's data – pictures, video, sounds, and text – has to traverse complex networks of optical fibers that crisscross cities, regions, and countries. To better handle the glut of information, a research team from NOKIA Bell Labs, have developed a new device that could become a crucial component of new flexible and optimized networks.

29 Jan 2016

Researchers Find Way to Create Completely Open and Programmable Internet that Could Operate at the Speed of Light

New research has found, for the first time, a scientific solution that enables future internet infrastructure to become completely open and programmable while carrying internet traffic at the speed of light.

27 Jan 2016

Infinera, Telstra Announce Successful Validation of Advanced Coherent Toolkit for Super-Channels

Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, and leading global telecommunications and technology company Telstra, today announced the successful validation of Infinera's Advanced Coherent Toolkit (ACT) for super-channels.

18 Jan 2016

Credo Unveils New Chip Solution for Next-Generation Optical Networking Applications

Credo Semiconductor, a global innovation leader in Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) technology, today announced it is entering the chip market with a sub 1 Watt multiplexer (MUX)/retimer device that leverages the company's unique SerDes architecture and low-cost analog technology to enable 100G optical modules with 50G per lambda throughput. The Credo® CMX12550 MUX, sampling now, supports four bidirectional lanes running at 25Gbps with NRZ signaling and 2 bidirectional lanes running at 50Gbps with PAM-4 signaling.

13 Jan 2016

Innovative Phononic Filter Holds Potential to Better Detect Radar and Communications Frequencies

A unique filtering technology that combines light and sound waves on a single chip is expected to better detect radar and communications frequencies.

13 Jan 2016

Researchers Fabricate Breakthrough Electronic-Photonic Microprocessors

Engineers have successfully married electrons and photons within a single-chip microprocessor, a landmark development that opens the door to ultrafast, low-power data crunching.

24 Dec 2015

EXFO’s FIP-435B Fiber Inspection Probe Gets Gold Rating at Cabling Installation & Maintenance 2015 Innovators Awards Program

EXFO Inc. announced today that its FIP-435B fully automated wireless fiber inspection probe was recognized among the best in the industry by the judges of the Cabling Installation & Maintenance 2015 Innovators Awards program. The judging panel consisted of cabling and communications system specifiers, designers, integrators and managers with vast professional experience.

23 Dec 2015

National Academy of Inventors Elects 12 Optical Society Members to 2015 NAI Fellows

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) elected 12 OSA members to its 2015 NAI Fellows on 15 December 2015. The award recognizes innovators that have made positive contributions to the world and U.S. economy and includes: 27 Nobel laureates, 27 inductees to the National Inventors Hall of Fame and 32 recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation and U.S. National Medal of Science.

23 Dec 2015

Sitri and Accelink Collaborate to Develop Opto-Electronic Solutions

SITRI, the innovation center for accelerating the development and commercialization of “More than Moore” solutions to power the Internet of Things, and Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd., the leading opto-electronic components supplier in China, announced today they have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of opto-electronic communication.

22 Dec 2015

Optelian Adds RGN-8040 quad 10G Multiservice OTN Card to Transponder Portfolio

Optical networking solution provider Optelian announces the expansion of its transponder/regenerator portfolio with the introduction of the RGN-8040 quad 10G multiservice Optical Transport Network (OTN) card.

22 Dec 2015

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