Technology Highlights from OFC 2016 - Source Photonics

Mark Heimbuch, Ph.D., CTO and vice president, product quality at Source Photonics, discusses the primary challenges module vendors must overcome to achieve successful 100G designs. He then reviews the obstacles that must be surmounted on the way to 200G and 400G modules. Finally, he touches on the growing popularity of PAM4 as well as SFP28 I-Temp transceivers.

Mark Heimbuch, Ph.D., CTO and vice president, product quality at Source Photonics, discusses the primary challenges module vendors must overcome to achieve successful 100G designs. He then reviews the obstacles that must be surmounted on the way to 200G and 400G modules. Finally, he touches on the growing popularity of PAM4 as well as SFP28 I-Temp transceivers.

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