Technology & Innovation articles
Agilent gets up to speed on 100G modulation
Mar 10, 2009
Test vendor launches what it claims is the industry's first analyser for measuring advanced modulation formats.
Finisar hopeful as slump 'nears low point'
Mar 6, 2009
Chairman Jerry Rawls laments the absence of a crystal ball, but believes that things will begin to look up after April.
Lucky Luxtera lands $26.75m
Mar 3, 2009
Silicon photonics firm Luxtera bucked a trend by raising $26.75 million in venture capital in the fourth quarter of 2008.
FTTH Europe: more news from Copenhagen
Feb 19, 2009
Analyst firms IDATE, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and The Yankee Group provide perspective on the progress of FTTH in Europe.
Policy makers need faith in fibre
Feb 16, 2009
Contrasting FTTH projects in Greece and Singapore show what can be achieved when a government decides to act.
Exploding the myths about WDM-PON
Feb 16, 2009
WDM-PON technology is ready for prime time, says LG-Nortel, as it notches up another customer win.
Latvia has grand FTTH plans
Feb 12, 2009
Incumbent operator Lattelecom plans to offer access speeds of 500Mbit/s by the end of the year, using GPON equipment from ECI.
Quantum dot VCSEL reaches 40 Gbit/s
Feb 4, 2009
High-speed single laser could provide a cheaper solution than parallel optics for fibre-optic cabling in data centres.
Bookham, Avanex: the merger is on
Jan 28, 2009
The rumour that refused to go away finally becomes reality, as the two components vendors agree to merge.
EXFO test tool locates PMD problems
Jan 21, 2009
A new instrument can measure PMD as a function of distance, helping carriers to identify and replace "bad" sections of fibre in their networks.
Optical isolators get some company
Jan 19, 2009
A CMOS-compatible design for an optical isolator could allow this component to be integrated in silicon for the first time.
Sorrento switches on to Ethernet
Jan 13, 2009
A new line card for its metro WDM system, unveiled today, will allow customers to turn up Ethernet services more quickly.
Fibresystems.org: best of 2008
Dec 30, 2008
To say that 2008 has been an eventful year would be something of an understatement, as our top 10 news stories can testify.
Ciena demos 'true' 100G transmission
Dec 17, 2008
Ciena reveals more information about the 100Gbit/s demo at the Supercomputing 08 event that took place recently.
Nature gives photonic crystal fibres a boost
Dec 12, 2008
Patterns found in nature have inspired UK researchers to design a better class of photonic crystal fibre.
FTTH in Europe: fleshing out the numbers
Dec 11, 2008
The new European rankings include all member states with any FTTH activity, from Sweden at number one, to the UK at number 25.
Intel's silicon detector is a runaway success
Dec 8, 2008
Intel is claiming another first for silicon photonics, with an avalanche photodiode that outperforms equivalent devices.
3S Photonics pushes ahead with pump lasers
Dec 4, 2008
The French firm is ramping its production of 980nm terrestrial pump lasers, as it takes market share from JDSU and Bookham.
100G backers divided on best approach
Dec 3, 2008 2 comments
The optical networking industry is not united behind DP-QPSK as the modulation format of choice for 100 Gbit/s transport.
EU project develops 'photonic firewall'
Nov 28, 2008
A novel all-optical device is capable of identifying the presence of target patterns in 40Gbit/s data streams.