Guest BlogAnyone who has been stuck in congested traffic has felt the pain of too many cars condensed into a finite number of lanes. Adding more lanes to highways can alleviate traffic congestion and ease bottlenecks, but it comes with a hefty price in terms of both dollars spent and commuter headaches. Luckily, solving your network […]
Technologies and ProductsHarting’s new PushPull SFP XS fibre-optic connector is designed to address the biggest challenge to the use of optical connectors in industry: their susceptibility to dirt and damage to the contact surfaces forming the interface with the transceiver which converts the optical signal into an electrical signal. Contamination in this area can result in poor […]
Applications and ResearchWhy do lab results often fail to live up to simulations when determining the capacity of optical fibre? That is the question UNLOC researcher, Dr Lidia Galdino (from UCL’s Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, London) asked. She was surprised to discover that the devices used to transmit and receive optical signals – the transceivers […]
News and BusinessSource Photonics, a developer of optical components and modules, based in West Hills, Ca, USA, has expanded investments in its 10G PON OLT and ONU product lines to support the upcoming fixed access network upgrade cycle from EPON and GPON to 10GEPON and XGS PON. The company says the investment at all levels of manufacturing, […]