A new project being funded under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) aims to develop a new field-installable fibre-optic connector with performance comparable to factory pre-connectorized cables. The aim is to speed up the roll out of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks across Europe. Going under the moniker “Versatile Easy installable Connector implementing new […]
Teraxion has adopted silicon photonics technology for its latest compact 40- and 100-Gbps coherent receivers. The Canadian optical component company, better known for its fibre Bragg gratings and tunable dispersion compensation products, has spent the last three years developing expertise in silicon photonics. At the recent ECOC exhibition it announced its first products based […]
JDSU will soon bring to market its tunable SFP+ pluggable module, and has already delivered to equipment makers samples of the compact tunable laser design. The company, which demonstrated the tunable SFP+ at the recent ECOC exhibition, has not given a date when it will start production. “It won’t be long,” said Brandon Collings, […]