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    Power Meters

    Inline Peak Power Sensors Quick Fact Sheet

    April 23, 2024
    Keep your system up and running longer with an inline, bi-directional, peak power sensor. Measure a wide variety of signals from CW to LMR, Tetra, APCO/P25 to cellular (3G and...
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    Data Center Network Advances

    April 2, 2024
        Lightwave’s latest on-topic eBook, which AFL and Henkel sponsor, will address advances in data center technology. The eBook looks at various topics, ranging...
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    Data Center Solutions: Unique to You Resource Guide

    Feb. 16, 2024
    Solutions Unique to You Our network professionals will analyze your network to design a solution tailored to you. Data center industry trends, technology advancements, and the...
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    Case Study: Gameday-Ready Networks

    Feb. 16, 2024
    In August 2019, this was the question the University of Notre Dame faced. The university needed to upgrade their fiber backbone to support cameras, remote kits and other related...
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    Connecting the world, one fiber at a time

    Dec. 12, 2023
    The world runs on ethernet: the future of higher speeds
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    Enhancing Fiber Network Construction Efficiency Through the Use of Digital Technologies

    Nov. 15, 2023
    The fiber-optic networks that connect America’s homes and businesses to broadband services enable advanced-technology connectivity for families and workers. Behind the scenes...
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    The Perils of Using a Broadband Power Meter in a PON World

    Nov. 7, 2023
    Learn about the potential significant problems for multi-service PON activation and troubleshooting when using a broadband power meter.
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    Balanced vs. Unbalanced PON: Key Differences and Deployment Impact

    Nov. 7, 2023
    Learn how to choose the right PON architecture for your network.
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    Connectors

    Whitepaper: A Very Small Form Factor, Multi-Row, Multi-Fiber Connector with Multi-Vendor Interoperability

    Nov. 3, 2023
    The paper describes the design, performance, backwards compatibility, and supply chain maturity of a new, very small form factor (VSFF) multi-fiber interconnect variant of the...
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    Connectors

    Whitepaper: A Novel, Low-loss, Multi-Fiber Connector Compatible with Reduced Coating Diameter Fiber

    Nov. 3, 2023
    This paper examines the advantages of a new 165 m diameter fiber with a 125 m cladding diameter, and a new very small form factor multi-fiber connector with a miniature physical...
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    Optical Modulation Analyzers

    Quantifi Photonics Product Catalogue

    Oct. 20, 2023
    Quantifi Photonics offers advanced test capabilities across silicon photonics, co-packaged optics and pluggable optics for data center, HPC and AI/ML applications. They also provide...
    Timing
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    High Data Rates Require Precise Timing

    Oct. 6, 2023
    In our day-to-day lives, we’re generating and consuming more data than ever. To manage these high data rates, it’s critical to better understand and rethink our timing technologies...
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    Receivers

    Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing Optical-Transmission Device Using Signal-Compensation Technique and Low-Bandwidth Optical Receivers

    Sept. 27, 2023
    TECHNICAL REVIEW:In the 5th generation mobile fronthaul (5G-MFH), a wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) optical-transmission device is used to efficiently connect many remote...
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    Passive Optical Network Equipment

    Balanced vs. Unbalanced PON: Key Differences and Deployment Impact

    Sept. 1, 2023
    Choosing the right PON architecture for your networkDemand for fiber internet is at an all-time high, and networks based on passive optical network (PON) and fiber-to-the-home...
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    Case Study: Protect Fiber Uptime, QoS and Security

    Sept. 1, 2023
    ONMSi Remote Fiber Test and Monitoring for Outside Plant Fiber Lines and Data Centers Challenge: Data Centers powered by vast fiber networks serve almost every computerized transaction...