News and BusinessII-VI Incorporated has announced a corporate name change to Coherent Corp. (Nasdaq: COHR) and a new brand identity, following the successful completion of II-VI’s acquisition of Coherent, Inc on 1st July, 2022. “We chose the name Coherent because it has the universal meaning of ‘bringing things together,’ and an appeal that we believe will expand […]
News and BusinessII‐VI’s and Coherent, have announced that II-VI has obtained antitrust clearance from the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People’s Republic of China (SAMR) for II-VI’s pending acquisition of Coherent. The clearance decision from SAMR satisfies the closing condition set forth in the previously announced merger agreement regarding the receipt of antitrust approvals. The […]
Technologies and ProductsII‐VI has completed the development of its Steelerton™ digital signal processor (DSP) for 100 Gbps coherent transmission in optical access and aggregation networks. The company says the development of the DSP is in response to the growth of 5G wireless and high-speed broadband services that is driving the explosive demand for coherent transceiver technology optimised […]
Technologies and ProductsII‐VI Incorporated has unveiled its node-on-a-blade platform, a scalable, multi-degree, reconfigurable optical ROADM system. The system embeds ultrahigh-resolution telemetry, critical for high-mix wavelength services, and compact wavelength selective switch (WSS) technology for enterprise access networks. II-VI says with the industry’s most compact WSS technology, the system saves cost by significantly reducing facility expenses. It also […]
News and BusinessII‐VI Incorporated says it has signed renewable energy contracts for powering nine of its sites in the United States with 100% renewable electricity. The new agreements represent 20 million kWh of renewable electricity per year, thereby avoiding an additional 5,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually. II-VI has set as a top priority the reduction […]
Technologies and ProductsWindstream Wholesale says it has successfully tested the interoperability of QSFP-DD form factor ZR+ pluggable modules from II-VI Incorporated and Acacia/Cisco. The tests established 400 Gigabit links in a production environment over a 1,027-kilometre link. The team also leveraged the Marvell® Deneb™ Coherent DSP within a native 0 dBm II-VI pluggable and the Acacia module […]
News and BusinessII‐VI has shipped its 400G ZR+ QSFP-DD-DCO transceivers, claimed to be the world’s first with 0 dBm output power that can plug directly into QSFP-DD transceiver slots on IP routers, to Windstream Wholesale for field qualification. II-VI and Windstream partnered in October 2021 to fast-track the development of high output power 400G transceiver technology that […]
News and BusinessWindstream Wholesale, has partnered with II-VI to co-develop next-generation transceivers that the companies say will streamline the deployment of 400 gigabit services while significantly reducing costs, power consumption and network complexity. According to Windstream, the partnership will: Deliver the world’s first high-performance 0dBm, 400G QSFP-DD coherent pluggable module—making these transceivers compatible with existing and emerging […]
News and BusinessOptical communications components and subsystems vendor II‐VI Incorporated says it has joined the SmartTunable Multi-Source Agreement (STM) group) for wavelength-tuneable transceivers. II-VI joins as a founding member alongside Lumentum, which set up the group in September 2021. The aim of the group is to bring together market leaders of full C-band wavelength-tuneable transceivers to enable […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia, Ericsson, II-VI, Lumentum and Sumitomo Electric have jointly published a technical paper which recommends predefined optical blueprints for Mobile Optical Pluggables (MOPA) which connect cell sites to fibre networks. The companies say that streamlining the US$500 million MOPA eco-system will help industry focus on most relevant solutions and facilitate 5G rollouts. The first-time joint […]
Technologies and ProductsII‐VI has announced the introduction of an optical monitoring system (OMS) for optical transport and access networks. The company says the growing trends of equipment disaggregation at the network core and fibre densification at the network edge, are driving the demand for unified optical monitoring solutions that enable high quality of service end-to-end. II-VI’s OMS […]
News and BusinessThe battle for ownership of Coherent Inc. took another turn when II-IV raised its bid for the photonics manufacturer in a cash and share offer which Coherent’s board deemed ‘superior’ to Lumentum’s latest bid. Backed up by financial partners, both II-VI and Lumentum have been out-bidding each other for a number of weeks recently. Lumentum […]
News and BusinessThe sale of Coherent Inc is beginning to take on the appearance of an auction after II-VI made an offer of US$130 per share, capping previous offers by MKS Instruments and Lumentum. Coherent’s expertise in photonics in lasers, microelectronics, precision manufacturing and instrumentation, along with its footprint in aerospace and defence markets are obviously hot […]
Technologies and ProductsII‐VI Incorporated has announced the introduction of the industry’s first pluggable optical line subsystem (POLS) platform to enable the emerging 400ZR coherent transceiver ecosystem for next-generation datacentre interconnects (DCIs). II-VI says the rapid growth of cloud computing is driving the upgrade cycle from 100G to 400G transmission in DCIs, and spurring the demand for innovative […]
Technologies and ProductsII‐VI has announced the introduction of its 64 Gbaud integrated coherent transmitter-receiver optical subassembly (IC-TROSA), which it claims is the industry’s first, for the 400ZR standard in datacentre interconnects. II-VI says the rapid growth in transmission capacity requirements in optical backbone networks and between datacentres is driving the demand for next-generation transmission platforms that can […]
Technologies and ProductsII‐VI Incorporated has announced the introduction of its high-speed indium phosphide (InP) electro-absorption modulated lasers (EML) for datacentres and 5G optical access infrastructure. The company says the upcoming combined demand for 400 Gbps transceivers in intra-datacentres and for 25 Gbps transceivers in fronthaul links to 5G antennas is rapidly driving a technology shift from directly […]
News and BusinessSemiconductor laser manufacturer II‐VI and optoelectronic component maker LITE-ON have partnered in the volume manufacturing and commercialisation of packaged semiconductor lasers for mass-market light detection and ranging (LiDAR). The rapid proliferation of LiDAR in automotive, commercial, and industrial applications is driving the demand for low-cost semiconductor laser devices that can be manufactured in very high […]
News and BusinessFinisar, a developer of subsystems and components for fibre optic communications, announced on August 5th that its Chief Executive Officer, Michael Hurlston (pictured), informed the Board of Directors of his intention to resign his position with the company to pursue another opportunity. The Board of Directors accepted Hurlston’s resignation, which is effective immediately. He was […]
Technologies and ProductsOptical components specialist II-VI Inc and electronic interconnect solutions provider Samtec have unveiled new 56 Gbps PAM4 per channel next-generation Samtec FireFly™ on-board optical engine technology. II-VI’s recently announced high speed VCSELs is embedded within the FireFly system architecture. A demonstration platform, put through its paces at OFC 2019, showcased low latency, high performance, on-board optical engines. The […]
Technologies and ProductsII‐VI Incorporated, a global manufacturer of optical components for datacom transmission, today introduced its 56 Gbps PAM4 VCSEL arrays for 400 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) short reach transceivers and active optical cables (AOCs) deployed in datacentres. The availability of Ethernet equipment with greater than 12 Tb/s of switching capacity enables hyperscale datacenters to accelerate the migration […]