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 […]
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 […]
News and BusinessLumentum has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Coherent in a cash and stock transaction valued at US$5.7 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, Coherent stockholders will receive US$100.00 per share in cash and 1.1851 shares of Lumentum common stock for […]
Technologies and ProductsLumentum is showing new products at the virtual ECOC 2020 event including its 100G PAM4 DMLs, latest HB-CDM variant, and new integrated coherent TROSA, which supports up to 69 Gbaud symbol. Additionally, the company has launched its high-performance datacom lasers chips which it says are now in significant production capacity. Lumentum Holdings Inc. said the company […]
News and BusinessFollowing Ciena and Lumentum’s announcements that they will not be participating in OFC this year due to growing concerns about the continued spread of the Covid-19 Coronavirus, a number of other companies are following suit. These include Infinera, ADVA, Acacia, FujitsuNetwork Communications, OFS, Viavi, Source Photonics, Inphi, Nokia, Molex and Corning. Ciena said it was […]
News and BusinessLumentum Holdings has announced the appointment of Penny Herscher as chair of its board of directors. Ms. Herscher is a seasoned technology public company board director, executive and entrepreneur, with more than 15 years of experience as a high-tech CEO in Silicon Valley and more than 10 years of experience serving on public company boards […]
Technologies and ProductsLumentum Holdings Inc has announced what it says is a breakthrough series of four advanced 980 nm single-mode pump lasers. This next-generation series employs an advanced chip that inherits Lumentum’s proprietary high-reliability technology supplying significantly higher output power and efficiency. The series of single-mode pump lasers includes S32, S29, M31, and M29 devices. The S29 […]
News and BusinessLumentum, a developer of photonics products for optical networking and lasers for industrial and consumer markets, and Cambridge Industries Group, a supplier for the Information and Communication Technology industry, have announced a new deal and a partnership in which CIG will acquire certain optical transceiver product lines from Lumentum. CIG will also enter a long-term […]
Applications and ResearchAcacia Communications and Lumentum Holdings have successfully demonstrated interoperability between their respective CFP2-DCO modules operating at 200G. The modules, based on Acacia’s Meru DSP ASIC, demonstrated 200G transmission over an amplified link with greater than 1,000 km of standard single mode fibre, using high-performance 8QAM and 16QAM operating modes. The duo say this demonstration validates […]
News and BusinessLumentum Holdings has announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Oclaro, commenced in March 2018. Oclaro’s stockholders had previously approved the merger agreement relating to Lumentum’s acquisition of Oclaro. As a result of the completion of the acquisition, trading in Oclaro common stock on the NASDAQ stock market ceased on December 10th. “I’m […]
Applications and ResearchIncluding high-speed fibre-optic communications, 3D sensing and materials processing. Veeco Instruments has announced that Lumentum Holdings has ordered the Veeco K475i Arsenide/Phosphide Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition system for production of its advanced semiconductor components, which address the 3D sensing, high-speed fiber-optic communications and laser-based materials processing end-markets. “The global communications, industrial and consumer electronics […]
News and Business– Best in class photonics capabilities join forces to accelerate innovation and industry roadmaps – Strengthens and broadens R&D capabilities and product portfolio – Estimate more than $60 million in annual run-rate synergies within 12 to 24 months – Expected to be accretive to non-GAAP earnings per share immediately after closing Lumentum a key developer […]
Technologies and ProductsThe Lumentum next generation TrueFlex Nano 1×9 Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) is 42% smaller, and requires less operating power than existing solutions. It is a low-profile LCOS-based optics platform, designed for scalability and flexibility to support gridless networking including various modulation formats and superchannels. It supports a conventional broadcast-and-select ROADM architecture and in a dual-deployment […]
Technologies and ProductsSource leverages established, reliable pump platform; accelerates development of 2kW+ fibre lasers. Lumentum has added a 200 W output power fibre-coupled pump laser module – called the ST2 – to its portfolio. This new diode laser leverages the established record of Lumentum’s high-brightness pump laser range. The ST2 supports the build-your-own kilowatt laser market. Available […]
News and BusinessLumentum is to exhibit at no fewer than four tradeshows worldwide over the coming three months. The company will be displaying several advanced products addressing the telecom, enterprise, data centre, and 3D sensing, as well as laser micromachining markets. The company says that by attending these shows it is demonstrating its commitment to and support […]
Applications and ResearchInfinera and Lumentum. have successfully validated Infinera’s portfolio of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) platforms over Lumentum’s white box optical line system. Infinera now offers customers an open optical networking solution validated by interoperability testing between Lumentum’s white box optical line system and Infinera’s Intelligent Transport Networks. The joint solution supports an ecosystem that enables […]
Technologies and ProductsThe Lumentum SDN optical whitebox platform supports open interfaces to ease the integration into SDN controller/orchestrator layers, enabling system integrators and network operators to deploy and turn-up services. Product offering includes terminal amplifier, line amplifier, ROADM and Mux/Demux. Read more
Technologies and ProductsEnabling Interconnects up to 2km in Next-Generation 100G Data Centers The Lumentum 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 Optical Transceiver (LQ2 Series) is a full duplex, photonic-integrated optical transceiver that provides a 100G Ethernet high-speed link over 2km of single mode fiber. See us at ECOC stand # 600, hall 3. https://www.lumentum.com/en/optical-communications/products/optical-transceivers/100-g-tranceivers