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Entries in CFP4 (19)

Thursday
Oct102013

ECOC 2013 review - Part 1 

Gazettabyte surveys some of the notable product announcements made at the recent European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) held in London.  

Part 1: Highlights

  • First CFP4 module demonstration from Finisar
  • Acacia Communications unveils first 100 Gig coherent CFP 
  • Oplink announces a 100 Gig direct detection CFP
  • Second-generation coherent components take shape   

 

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Thursday
Jun062013

u2t Photonics pushes balanced detectors to 70GHz

  • u2t's 70GHz balanced detector supports 64Gbaud for test and measurement and R&D
  • The company's gallium arsenide modulator and next-generation receiver will enable 100 Gigabit long-haul in a CFP2

 

"The performance [of gallium arsenide] is very similar to the lithium niobate modulator"

Jens Fiedler,  u2t Photonics

 

 

 

 

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Monday
May132013

Hybrid integration specialist Kaiam acquires Gemfire

Kaiam Corp. has secured US $16M in C-round funding and completed the acquisition of Gemfire.

 

"We have a micro-machine technology that allows us to use standard pick-and-place electronic assembly tools, and with our micro-machine, we achieve sub-micron alignment tolerances suitable for single-mode applications"

Byron Trop, Kaiam

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Friday
Apr122013

OFC/NFOEC 2013 industry reflections - Part 4

Gazettabyte asked industry figures for their views after attending the recent OFC/NFOEC show. 

 

"Spatial domain multiplexing has been a hot topic in R&D labs. However, at this year's OFC we found that incumbent and emerging carriers do not have a near-term need for this technology. Those working on spatial domain multiplexing development should adjust their efforts to align with end-users' needs"

T.J. Xia, Verizon

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Tuesday
Apr092013

OFC/NFOEC 2013 industry reflections - Part 2

Gazettabyte asked industry figures for their views after attending the recent OFC/NFOEC show held in Anaheim. Part 2

 

Bill Gartner, vice president and general manager of high-end routing and optical business unit at Cisco Systems.

There were several key themes during this year’s OFC conference, but what I found most compelling were the disruptive trends and technologies that stand to significantly impact the optical communications market in the coming years.

 

"SDN could be the single biggest disruptor in the transport industry and has the potential to transform network programmability and orchestration"

 

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Tuesday
Oct092012

Does Cisco Systems' CPAK module threaten the CFP2?

Cisco Systems has been detailing over recent months its upcoming proprietary optical module dubbed CPAK. The development promises to reduce the market opportunity for the CFP2 multi-source agreement (MSA) and has caused some disquiet in the industry.

Source: Cisco Systems, Gazettabyte, see comments

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Tuesday
Oct092012

The CFP2 pluggable module gains industry momentum

Finisar and Oclaro unveiled their first CFP2 optical transceiver products at the recent ECOC exhibition in Amsterdam. JDSU also announced that its ONT-100G test equipment now supports the latest 100Gbps module form factor.

 

Source: Oclaro

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