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  • Volume 27, Issue 3

    • Volume 27, Issue 3

    FTTH/B

    Google FTTH plan causes stir

    March 1, 2010
    Google’s plans to test open access FTTH could have a significant impact on government policy and service provider models.
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    Optical Tech

    Optical integration through planar lightwave circuits

    March 1, 2010
    Planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology, originally developed for low-cost optical access products, is now being applied to other markets, including advanced 40G/100G applications...
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    Test

    New approach aids advanced 40/100-Gbps modulation format characterization

    March 1, 2010
    Derived from stimulated Brillouin scattering, the Brillouin optical spectrum analysis technique enables phase and amplitude measurements directly from the optical complex spectra...
    FTTX

    Next-generation PON awaits deployment

    March 1, 2010
    The IEEE has already released the first 10G EPON standards, and 10G GPON specs should arrive this year. But it will take more than standards to get carriers to adopt these next...
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    Optical Tech

    PIC-based transceivers enable cost-effective 1G to 10G PON migration

    March 1, 2010
    To meet the demands of both performance and cost, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology is the best choice for PON transceivers.

    More content from Volume 27, Issue 3

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    Optical Tech

    Photonic integration powers 100-Gbps DWDM

    March 1, 2010
    The conventional approach to transmitter and receiver design, in which each element comes in a discrete package, will not prove beneficial for 100-Gbps DWDM. At least some aspects...
    Companies

    What Google has to prove

    March 1, 2010
    Google’s announcement that it plans to experiment with 1-Gbps open access FTTH networks certainly has created a buzz. Vendors hope to supply Google with FTTH technology. Municipalities...