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Lasers

Why (Small) Laser Size Matters

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

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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…

Data Centers

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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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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The Future of Coherent Transceivers in the Access

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

Data Centre

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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Coherent Optics In Space

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

DSP

What DSPs Does the Network Edge Need?

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

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.…