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Hot Topics, Cool Solutions: Thermal Management in Optical Transceivers

In a world of optical access networks, where data speeds soar and connectivity reigns supreme,…

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Manufacturing a Coherent Transceiver

Coherent transmission has become a fundamental component of optical networks to address situations where direct…

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Designing a Coherent Transceiver

Coherent transmission has become a fundamental component of optical networks to address situations where direct…

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Towards a Zero Touch Coherent Network

Telecommunication service providers face a critical challenge: how to incorporate affordable and compact coherent pluggables…

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Where is 100ZR Needed?

Simply relying on traditional direct detect technologies will not meet the growing bandwidth and service…

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The Evolution to 800G and Beyond

Article first published 26th  October 2022, updated 5th July 2023. The demand for data and…

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Coherent Lite and The Future Inside the Data Center

In the dynamic landscape of data centers, the demand for greater bandwidth and extended reach…

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Japan Innovation Mission

Last week, Tim Koene (CTO) and Sophie De Maesschalck (CFO) of EFFECT Photonics, traveled to Japan on…

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Coherent Satellite Networks

The current state of the space industry is characterized by rapid growth, technological advancements, and…

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Data Centers in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the technology landscape in various industries, and data centers are…

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What do Next-Gen Optical Subassemblies Need?

While packaging, assembly, and testing are only a small part of the cost of electronic…

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Building a Sustainable Future with Fully Integrated PICs

Article first published 27 September 2021, updated 31st May 2023. The demand for data and…

The Fabrication Process Inside a Photonic Foundry

The Fabrication Process Inside a Photonic Foundry

Photonics is one of the enabling technologies of the future. Light is the fastest information…

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Data Center Interconnects: Coherent or Direct Detect?

Article first published 15 June 2022, updated 18 May 2023. With the increasing demand for…

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Shining a Light on Four Tunable Lasers

The world is moving towards tunability. Datacom and telecom companies may increase their network capacity…

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The Promise of Integrated Quantum Photonics

Today’s digital society depends heavily on securely transmitting and storing data. One of the oldest…

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The Future of Coherent Transceivers in the Access

The demand for data and other digital services is rising exponentially. From 2010 to 2020,…

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One Watt Matters

Data centers and 5G networks might be hot commodities, but the infrastructure that enables them…

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When will the Network Edge go Coherent?

Article first published 27 July 2022, updated 12 April 2023. Network carriers want to provide…

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Enabling a 100ZR Ecosystem

Given the success of 400ZR pluggable coherent solutions in the market, discussions in the telecom…

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What DSPs Does the Cloud Edge Need?

By storing and processing data closer to the end user and reducing latency, smaller data…

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Transceivers in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a significant role in making optical networks more scalable, affordable,…

Photonic technology more available to all Industries

Coherent Optics In Space

When it started, the space race was a competition between two superpowers, but now there…

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Designing in the Great Lakes

Last year, EFFECT Photonics announced the acquisition of the coherent optical digital signal processing (DSP)…

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What Tunable Lasers Does the Network Edge Need?

Several applications in the optical network edge would benefit from upgrading from 10G to 100G…

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What DSPs Does the Network Edge Need?

Operators are strongly interested in 100G pluggables that can house tunable coherent optics in compact,…

Pluggables have becomes mainstream in datacom applications.

A Story of Standards: From 400ZR and Open ROADM to OpenZR+

Coherent optical transmission has been crucial in addressing network operator problems for the last decade. In this time, coherent technology has expanded from a solution reserved only for premium long-distance links to one that impacts data center interconnects, metro, and access networks…

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The Impact of Optics and Photonics on the Agrifood Industry

Precision farming is essential in a world with over 10 billion people by 2050 and…

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The Whats and Hows of Telcordia Standards

Before 1984, the world of telecom standards looked very different from how it does now.…

Trends in Edge Networks

To see what is trending in the edge and access networks, we look at recent…

Reaching a 100ZR Future for Access Network Transport

In the optical access networks, the 400ZR pluggables that have become mainstream in datacom applications…

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Remote Provisioning and Management for Edge Networks

Smaller data centers near the end user can reduce latency, overcome inconsistencies in connectivity, and…

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What is 100ZR and Why Does it Matter?

In June 2022, transceiver developer II‐VI Incorporated (now Coherent Corp.) and optical networking solutions provider…

Fit for Platform DSPs

Fit for Platform DSPs

Over the last two decades, power ratings for pluggable modules have increased as we moved…

The Power of Integrated Photonic LIDAR

The Power of Integrated Photonic LIDAR

Outside of communications applications, photonics can play a major role in sensing and imaging applications.…

How To Make a Photonic Integrated Circuit

How To Make a Photonic Integrated Circuit

Photonics is one of the enabling technologies of the future. Light is the fastest information…

What’s an ITLA and Why Do I Need One?

What’s an ITLA and Why Do I Need One?

The tunable laser is a core component of every optical communication system, both direct detect…