NEC Corp. says it has successfully transmitted 1.15-Tbps over 10,000 km via optical superchannel technology. This is the first demonstration of a terabit-per-sec superchannel generated from a...
Fujitsu Ltd. and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. say they have developed optical amplifier technology for PONs that would quadruple the number of splits and double reach. The development would enable the...
Capella Intelligent Subsystems added its name to the list of 1x20 wavelength-selective switch (WSS) suppliers this week with the unveiling of the CR-EX. The 1x20 WSS offers an integrated monitoring...
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) has announced at ECOC its intension to offer a suite of five optical communications products in the second half of 2012 targeted at what it calls “Self Aware...
Finisar Corp. (NASDAQ: FNSR) has unveiled a 1x20 wavelength-selective switch (WSS) which leverages the company’s Flexgrid technology to provide “gridless” flexibility. The company...
RED-C Optical Networks Ltd. has unveiled a variety of high-density EDFA packages for integration in ROADM line cards. It also has announced a four-pump hybrid Raman-EDFA module that it says enables...
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden say they have demonstrated an extremely low noise optical amplifier that can extend signal reach by 4X. The phase-sensitive fiber-optic...
SiFotonics Technologies Co. Ltd., a supplier of optical communications components based on the Silicon Photonics technology platform, introduces the TP1501 CMOS-based integrated optical receiver...
Enablence Technologies, Inc. says it has leveraged photonic integrated circuits (PICs) in the development of its new 8x12 Integrated Multicast Switch (iMS). As its name implies, the iMS offers 8...
CoAdna Photonics, Inc. has introduced what it asserts is the first liquid crystal based 50-GHz 1xN Tunable DeMux/Mux (TDMX). The new TDMX is available with up to 20 ports. CoAdna’s 50-GHz...
