As data rates in optical networks increase, designers need to pay increasing attention to peculiarities in the fiber-optic medium.One of the most important of these peculiarities is dispersion, ...

Recent advances in 40-Gbit/second optical and electronic technologies suggest that service providers may soon be able to harvest those technologies to lower costs and to speed provisioning. Crucial to ...

The relentless demand for higher bandwidth and lower latency in global telecommunications continues to drive innovation in fibre optic systems. Dispersion, the phenomenon where different wavelengths ...

Infinite bandwidth is a term often used to describe the capacity of fiber-optic networks. It’s an exciting concept even though it doesn’t exist in reality. Bandwidth allocation has long been used to ...

Many communication fibers are optimized for specific applications, such as fiber to the home, transport inside data centers, or ocean-spanning submarine cables. One size does not fit all in the ...

Experienced manufacturer of specialty optical fiber optic assemblies, lightguide bundles, optical delay lines and chromatic dispersion compensation products. Experts at designing, sourcing, matching ...

Microsoft Corp. has acquired Lumenisity Ltd., a startup developing high-speed optical cables for data center and carrier networks. Microsoft announced the acquisition today. The company didn’t ...