Technologies and ProductsFinisar Australia has debuted what it claims is the world’s first twin 16×40 wavelength-selective switch (WSS) for use in next-generation ROADM communication networks. An extension of the company’s twin liquid-crystal on silicon (LCoS) platform, the Flexgrid® 2x16x40 WSS features significantly more ports than previously available from Finisar or any other WSS supplier. This latest addition […]
Technologies and ProductsFinisar Australia has introduced what it claims is the world’s first twin 1×48 wavelength-selective switch (WSS) for use in next-generation reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) communication networks. An extension of Finisar Australia’s twin liquid-crystal on silicon (LCoS) platform, the Flexgrid® 2x1x48 WSS features significantly more ports than previously available from earlier Finisar Australia switches or, […]
Technologies and ProductsFinisar Australia has introduced what it claims is the world’s first C+L-band wavelength selective switch (WSS) for use in next-generation reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) communication networks. An extension of Finisar Australia’s single low-profile liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) platform, the Flexgrid® 1×9 C+L low-profile WSS extends frequency window support in the Super C-band from […]
Technologies and ProductsFinisar Australia, the wholly-owned subsidioary of II-VI, has released what it claims is the world’s first quad 4x1x9 wavelength selective switch (WSS) for use in next-generation reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) communication networks. An extension of Finisar Australia’s twin low-profile liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) platform, the Flexgrid quad low-profile WSS integrates four independent WSS […]
News and BusinessA new report from LightCounting finds that the last 20 years of the optical component and module industry offer a case study of how globalisation can radically change a market in just a decade or two. The market analysis firms says it started in 2001 when China became a member of the World Trade Organisation […]
Technologies and ProductsYenista Optics, based in Lannion, France, a manufacturer of fibre optic test and measurement equipment has developed the CTP10, a next-generation platform for the rapid testing of passive optical components such as Photonic Integrated Circuits and Wavelength Selective Switches. The CTP10 mainframe hosts up to 10 hot-swappable modules and contains embedded software for configuring the […]