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Where Light Meets Digital

In the always-evolving world of communications, coherent optics has deeply improved the ability to transmit at high capacity over vast distances. Coherent transmission is not a new concept, but a breakthrough in the early 2000’s made coherent systems more economically viable and therefore a big part of optical networks. 

Coherent transmission improves the range and capacity of data transmission by encoding information in other properties of a light wave such as intensity, phase and polarization. This allows for more data to be transmitted over longer distances than for instance with direct detect transmission that uses the intensity of a light wave.

Coherent optics is the embodiment of Where Light Meets Digital as it requires at least two key technologies, the DSP and a tunable laser, both of which EFFECT Photonics owns and controls.

Optical systems that impact every network

Key technologies in coherent transmission

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Digital Signal Processor (DSP)

A coherent DSP is the electronic heart of coherent transmission systems.

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Ultra Pure Light Sources

InP is the ideal material to generate and amplify light and enable full photonic integration.

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Factories

Microelectronics Ecosystem

Leveraging design, wafer manufacturing, packaging and test infrastructure.

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Combining and Leveraging Technologies

EFFECT Photonics helps address key pain points for datacom/telecom providers:

  • Power per bit through the integration of all discrete photonic functions and highly optimized DSP/FEC functionality
  • Cost per bit due to higher yields through integration and having the ownership of all key components
  • Scale due to the benefits of economies of scale and sustainable practices