Technical Features

Technical Features

Tiny Amplifiers Enable Big Data Pipes

By Optical Connections News Team

One of the major problems currently facing network operators is how to get more bandwidth from existing fibre. Simply adding more fibre is costly, energy-hungry and time-consuming, so operators are looking to optical systems manufacturers such as II-VI to come up with ever-more efficient designs, writes Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi and Sara Gabba. Network convergence is […]

Technical Features

400G CWDM8 Optics for Next Generation Data Centre Networks

By Optical Connections News Team

The drive for 400G Data centre networking bandwidth requirements continue to grow at an explosive rate, in line with the growth of consumer and business cloud services. To support new application needs, hyperscale cloud service providers are gearing up to deploy next-generation 12.8T switch and other networking equipment, and driving the interconnect speeds between switches […]