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Friday, December 19, 2014 at 11:51AM Huawei has joined imec, the Belgium nano-electronics research centre, to develop optical interconnect using silicon photonics technology. The strategic agreement follows Huawei's 2013 acquisition of former imec silicon photonics spin-off, Caliopa.
Source: Gazettabyte
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 9:14AM Part 2: Tunable laser market
"The tunable laser market requires a lot of patience to research." So claims Vladimir Kozlov, CEO of LightCounting Market Research. Kozlov should know; he has spent the last 15 years tracking and forecasting lasers and optical modules for the telecom and datacom markets.
Source: LightCounting, Gazettabyte
The tunable laser market is certainly sizeable; over half a million units will be shipped in 2014, says LightCounting. But the market requires care when forecasting. One subtlety is that certain optical component companies - Finisar, JDSU and Oclaro - are vertically integrated and use their own tunable lasers within the optical modules they sell. LightCounting counts these as module sales rather than tunable laser ones.
Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 1:54PM
"The price declines in 2012 were brutal but they will not happen again [during the forecast period]"
Vladimir Kozlov, LightCounting
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 4:19PM China has become the world's biggest market for passive optical network (PON) technology even though deployments there have barely begun. That is because China, with approximately a quarter of a billion households, dwarfs all other markets. Yet according to market research firm Ovum, only 7% of Chinese homes were connected by year end 2011.
"In 2012, BOSAs [board-based PON optical sub-assemblies] will represent the majority versus optical transceivers for PON ONTs and ONUs"
Julie Kunstler, Ovum
10 Gigabit PON, BOSA, China, FTTx, FiberHome, HiSIlicon, Huawei, Julie Kunstler, PON, ZTE in market research Print Article Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 4:31PM Heavy Reading has published a report Photonic Integration, Super Channels & the March to Terabit Networks. In this 60-second interview, Sterling Perrin, senior analyst at the market research company, talks about the report's findings and the technology's importance for telecom and datacom.
"PICs will be an important part of an ensemble cast, but will not have the starring role. Some may dismiss PICs for this reason, but that would be a mistake – we still need them."
Sterling Perrin, Heavy Reading
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 8:41AM The Chinese equipment maker showcased a prototype optical switch at this year's OFC/NFOEC that can scale to 10 Petabit.
"Although the numbers [400,000 lasers] appear quite staggering, they point to a need for photonic integration"
Reg Wilcox, Huawei
DS-DBR laser, Huawei, Intune Networks, OFC/NFOEC 2012, OSN8800, OTN, Oclaro, PPXC, Reg Wilcox, Robert Blum in gazettabits Print Article Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 4:18PM Briefing: Next-gen PON
Part 1: NG-PON2
The next-generation passive optical network (PON) will mark a departure from existing PON technologies. Some operators want systems based on the emerging standard for deployment by 2015.
“One of the goals in FSAN is to converge on one solution that can serve all the markets"
Derek Nesset, co-chair of FSAN's NGPON task group
CPRI, FSAN, Huawei, NG-PON2, NTT, OFDM, Verizon, WDM-PON, XGPON1, broadband access, ultra dense WDM-PON in Feature Print Article 