What's hot at #OFC23?Infinera's Tim Doiron gives us a rundown of the latest developments in coherent optical systems and pluggable solutio...
Thursday, March 9, 2023
OFC video: Adtran -100ZR pluggables offer fast upgrade path for access networks
What’s hot at #OFC23?New 100ZR OSFP28 pluggables will change the access and aggregation infrastructure.Adtran’s Stephan Rettenberger explains.https://youtu.be/tpZq7uoP...
OFC video: Fujitsu’s 1FINITY Ultra Optical System delivers 1.2 Tbps waves
What's hot at #OFC23?How about pushing optical transmission to the next level?Fujitsu's Rich Colter gives us the update of Fujitsu's flagship 1FINITY Ultra Optical Syst...
OFC Video: AMD on Forward Error Correction at 800G
What's hot at #OFC23? Forward Error Correction (FEC) becomes increasingly difficult as speed increases. So how does it work at 800G? AMD's Gilles Garcia provides a demo at this year's OFC in San Diego.https://youtu.be/CriQPCwX...
Broadcom intros 5nm integrated 800G PAM-4 PHY
At #OFC23, Broadcom announced sampling of its 5nm 100G/lane optical PAM-4 DSP PHY with integrated transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and laser driver.The new BCM85812, which is optimized for 800G DR8, 2x400G FR4 and 800G AOC module applications, is based on the company’s existing 5nm 112G PAM-4 DSP platform.HighlightsMonolithic 5nm 800G PAM-4 PHY with integrated TIA and high-swing laser driverDelivers best-in-class module performance in BER and power...
Keysight and partners achieve 160 GBaud using PAM6
Keysight, in collaboration with the RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and Riga Technical University (RTU), demonstrated the first 310 GBaud rates using on-off keying modulation and 160 GBaud rates using PAM6 modulation with direct detection system to support 1.6 Tbps applications. The researchers focused on an approach using a low latency intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD) system with the highest...
MACOM launches 226Gbps per lane products for 1.6TB optical modules
At #OFC23, MACOM introduced its 226Gbps per lane technology product family for enabling 1.6TB optical modules.The product family includes MACOM transimpedance amplifiers MATA-40734 and MATA-40736, Externally Modulated Laser (EML) driver MAOM-011112 and photodiode MARP-BP112. The TIAs allow for a data rate of up to 226.8Gbps per lane to support KP4 and IEEE concatenated Forward Error Correction (FEC) with 750um spacing to photodetectors to minimize...
Asia Submarine-cable Express upgrades with Ciena’s WaveLogic 5
Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE), a consortium subsea cable running a total of 8,148km between Japan to Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore, is leveraging Ciena’s Waveserver 5 powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme and an optical bypass, to enable a 193% improvement in its original design capacity.Waveserver 5 also minimizes ASE’s rack space and reduces power consumption by 60% for a greener solution.The ASE cable also utilizes Ciena’s...
Credo and EFFECT Photonics team up on coherent DSPs
Credo is working with EFFECT Photonics on coherent Digital Signal Processor (DSP) merchant ICs.The two companies will work together to develop new coherent DSP products featuring EFFECT Photonics’ coherent DSP technology and Forward Error Correction (FEC), combined with Credo’s high-speed SerDes, I/Os, Analog to Digital Converters (ADCs), and Digital to Analog Converters (DACs). Credo will manufacture and manage the sales and supply channels...
Airspan sells its Mimosa unit to Radisys and considers strategic options
Airspan Networks agreed to sell its Mimosa Networks business unit to Radisys Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Jio Platforms), for US$ 60 million on a debt free, cash free basis.Mimosa has a diverse portfolio of point-to-point and point-to-multi-point products based on WiFi 5 and the newer WiFi 6E technologies as well as related accessories, such as twist on antennas, PoE Injectors, etc. These solutions have use cases in the backhaul requirements...
