Technologies and ProductsPrecision Optical Technologies (formerly Precision Optical Transceivers) has announced the launch of OpenPath™, its end-to-end Passive Optical Network (PON) access solution, which it says will redraw the PON landscape. OpenPath™ is a turnkey solution that encompasses the critical components of a PON network, including Optical Line Terminals (OLTs), optics, splitters, Optical Network Units (ONUs), and […]
News and BusinessSTL has announced the launch of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Lugoff, South Carolina – The Palmetto Plant (pictured). Named after the state tree of South Carolina, the US$56 million facility has also been designated as STL’s North American Headquarters. The company says its strategic investment and expansion efforts in the U.S. reinforce STL’s commitment […]
Product FocusWith the advancement of “shifting from copper networks to fiber networks” and bandwidth acceleration in the past decade, the process of fiberization has accelerated, and operators have built a large number of FTTH infrastructures for high-bandwidth service access, including OLT equipment room facilities, pipelines, fiber resources, street cabinets, etc. How to fully utilize FTTH resources […]
Technologies and ProductsECOC 2023: Quantifi Photonics releases VISIQ™ software for advanced coherent optical signal analysis. Quantifi Photonics has released VISIQ™, what it says is the first coherent optical signal analysis software that is compatible with high-speed oscilloscopes from manufacturers including Keysight Technologies, Tektronix and Teledyne Lecroy. VISIQ is designed to make coherent signal analysis and DSP optimisation […]
News and BusinessOIF concluded its hybrid Q3 Technical and MA&E Committees meeting, August 8-10 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, with the launch of four new projects. OIF says its 224G PAM4 protocol agnostic link training for electrical interfaces project will define communication method, messaging format and contents, training patterns, states and sequences, diagnostics and fault handling, etc. for […]
Technologies and ProductsSilicon photonics chip maker Rain Tree Photonics Pte. Ltd. (RTP), has announced the availability of 800G silicon photonics-based solutions for 800G-DR8 and LPO optical modules. The 800G-DR8 solutions have already been validated in modules while validation is ongoing for LPO. RTP’s 800G silicon photonics engines come in two versions – a single chip version (RTP11008), […]
Technologies and ProductsSpirent Communications plc says it has supported H3C in successfully completing the industry’s first large-scale high-density 800G Ethernet test with up to 64 800G ports. The test results validated the reliability and high performance of H3C S9827, H3C’s 800G CPO silicon photonic switch series . The company says this recent test leveraged the industry’s first […]
Technologies and ProductsShenzhen-based Berxel Photonics says its 106 Gbps VCSEL is available now for customers’ sampling. The 106 Gbps VCSEL powered 800G transceiver has successfully reached 100 meters OM4 transmission distance, with lower than 1E-8 Bit-error rates (BER) at 0°C – 70°C module case temperature, complying to IEEE standards. In addition, Berxel demonstrated 60-100 meters transmission over […]