Aircision, EFFECT Photonics partner for coherent free space optics development
Free space optics (FSO) systems provider Aircision and optical transceiver developer EFFECT Photonics have announced that they will collaborate to bring coherent transmission capabilities to free space optics. The partnership will extend the relationship between the two companies, which has seen EFFECT Photonics supply 10-Gbps optical transceivers for Aircision’s 10-Gbps FSO system.
Aircision is developing a 100-Gbps coherent FSO system capable of transmitting up to 10 km. “We were impressed with the capabilities of the EFFECT Photonics 10G SFP+ devices that we tested. It was an easy decision to involve them in our development plans for our next-generation 100-Gbps coherent transmission systems,” said Luis Oliveira, CEO and co-founder at Aircision.
“As we look to applications outside of pure fiber-based communications, we liked the market use cases Aircision presented as well as the market traction they already have,” added Joost Verberk, director of product management at EFFECT Photonics. “Our roadmaps follow a similar course making a joint development program an interesting option for EFFECT Photonics.”
The two companies are part of the PhotonDelta ecosystem, a platform designed to accelerate such collaborations and reduce the time-to-market of new developments (see "EFFECT Photonics adds €5 million via PhotonDelta").
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