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Achieving Higher Baud Rates with Higher Levels of Integration

By Eugene Park

Similar to consumer electronic devices, optical transceiver modules have followed a path towards size reduction with increased performance and functionality. Driven by data center and service provider applications requiring high-bandwidth, high-density, and low-power optical interconnects, coherent optics suppliers’ goal of meeting these requirements has led to compact, volume-manufacturable designs. These requirements have also helped drive […]

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The value of achieving optical networking certifications

There has been an ongoing debate about the value of professional certifications since they became popular in the 1990s. Unfortunately, many of these professional certifications received bad publicity for producing professionals with theoretical knowledge and little or no hands-on experience. Professional certifications have come a long way since then and have a place next to formal college or university education and offer verifiable proof of knowledge and hands-on skills. This article will explain certifications and help you decide if they can benefit your optical networking career.