optical modules

Applications and Research

Fraunhofer HHI in TERIPHIC terabit optical module drive

By John Williamson

Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute has announced its participation in the innovative EU-Horizon 2020 research project TERIPHIC. This project, which formally kicked off in Berlin in late January, is taking place against a background of efforts to develop optical interfaces with Terabit capacity for datacom applications. The Institute notes that a practical path to the […]

Technologies and Products

Applied Optoelectronics announces sampling of 400G silicon-photonics optical module

By Peter Dykes

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI), a provider of fibre-optic access network products for the internet datacentre, cable broadband, telecom, and FTTH markets, has announced customer sample availability of 400G optical modules based on silicon-photonics technology. The modules are designed to demonstrate the feasibility of applying AOI’s silicon photonics platform to the requirements of on-board optics (OBO), […]

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400G - Which form factor? (QSFP-DD, OSFP, CFP8) - by Prolabs

We are all aware of the SFP+ for 10G and QSFP28 for 100G transmission. A small form factor pluggable, a low power consumption and an interoperability between all system vendors; these are the 3 successful criteria for a form factor.