OFC/NFOEC 2013 product round-up - Part 1

Part 1: Client-side transceivers 

• First CFP2 single-mode and multi-mode transceiver announcements
• Cisco Systems unveils its CPAK module
• 100 Gigabit QSFPs from Kotura and Luxtera
• CFP2 and 40km CFP 10x10 MSA modules
• Infiniband FDR and 'LR4 superset' QSFPs

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OneChip Photonics targets the data centre with its PICs

OneChip Photonics is developing integrated optical components for the IEEE 40GBASE-LR4 and 100GBASE-LR4 interface standards.

The company believes its photonic integrated circuits (PICs) will more than halve the cost of the 40 and 100 Gigabit 10km-reach interfaces, enough for LR4 to cost-competitively address shorter reach applications in the data centre.

"I think we can cut the price [of LR4 modules] by half or better”

Andy Weirich, OneChip Photonics

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40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFPs boost port density and reach

Avago Technologies and Reflex Photonics have announced extended reach 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) QSFP+ transceivers.  As data centres grow in size, there is a need to link equipment over distances greater than 100m, as defined by the IEEE 40 Gigabit Ethernet standard.

"For the larger data centres being built today, reach is becoming more and more important"

I Hsing Tan, Avago

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ECOC 2011: Products and market trends

There were several noteworthy announcements at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) held in Geneva in September. Gazettabyte spoke to Finisar, Oclaro and Opnext about their ECOC product announcements and the associated trends.

100 Gig module

Opnext announced the first 100 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) transponder at ECOC, a much anticipated industry development.

"Quite a few system vendors .... are looking at 'make-versus-buy' for the next-generation [of 100Gbps]."

Ross Saunders, Opnext

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Q&A with Rafik Ward - Part 1

In the first of a two-part interview, Rafik Ward, vice president of marketing at Finisar, talks about 40 and 100 Gigabit optics, emerging market opportunities and why this is the best time for a decade to be in the optical components industry.   

"This is probably the strongest growth we have seen since the last bubble of 1999-2000." Rafik Ward, Finisar

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