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Nortel readies WDM-PON product line

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:53:05 GMT

Although Nortel is positioning its purchase of Novera Optics as a "technology acquisition", the launch of the resulting WDM-PON product line is imminent.

Plasmons put light on the straight and narrow

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:46:07 GMT

A semiconductor laser that has been engineered to emit a narrow beam of light without the use of additional lenses could help to reduce the cost of optical systems.

VCSELs shape up for high data rates

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:52:06 GMT

Researchers in Sweden unveil an 850 nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser capable of achieving data rates of up to 25 Gbit/s.

Hybrid VCSELs set new tunability benchmark

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:43 GMT

The EU-funded Subtune project has produced tunable emitters at 1.5 µm with a tunability range of 60 nm.

Pirelli to merge photonics unit with CyOptics

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:29:56 GMT

$20 million will see the Italian giant take a 30% stake in CyOptics, with the two companies set to work together on photonic integrated circuits and tunable transmitter sub-assemblies.

Bookham misses out on profits once more

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:51:31 GMT

Growth in the telecoms sector boosted revenues, but softness in non-telecoms markets is set to continue.

Asia dominates global FTTH rankings

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:27:49 GMT

Asia accounts for more than 27 million of the world's estimated 32 million fibre-to-the-home connections; Europe accounts for just 1.4 million connections.

Photonic chip chases terabit processing

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:49 GMT

Researchers have demonstrated error-free demultiplexing of a 640Gbit/s optical signal using a planar waveguide made from chalcogenide glass.

Tunable lasers key to Bookham turnaround

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:07:40 GMT

Things appear to be looking up for Bookham, as the components vendor announces a multi-platform agreement to supply its tunable pluggable 10Gbit/s transceiver to Ciena.

BT to invest £1.5bn in next-generation access

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:33:49 GMT

The UK operator plans to spend £1.5billion (€1.9billion) on a next-generation fibre access network that will bring headline speeds of 40Mbit/s to 10 million homes by 2012.