Regulatory News

  1. Submarine Cables: Billions Of Potential Seismic Sensors! 12/18/2019

    Scientists show for the first time that it is possible to detect the propagation of seismic waves at the bottom of the oceans with submarine telecommunication cables

  2. Infinera And GlobalConnect Complete Successful 400G Coherent Transmission Field Trial Over 50 GHz Grid Metro Infrastructure 12/9/2019

    Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) and GlobalConnect, a leading integrated digital infrastructure provider in Northern Europe, today announced the successful completion of a field trial demonstrating 400 gigabits per second (400G) coherent transmission over a 50 gigahertz (GHz) fixed grid metro transport network concurrently with pre-existing 10G channels

  3. VTT Developed An Optical Fibre Made Of Cellulose 12/3/2019

    VTT researchers were able to transmit light in wood-based fibre. Optical fibre made of cellulose is best suited for sensors that benefit from the biodegradability of the material. In the future, optical cellulose fibre may allow detecting changes in the moisture level of buildings.

  4. Seismologists See Future In Fiber Optic Cables As Earthquake Sensors 12/3/2019

    Each hair-thin glass fiber in a buried fiber optic cable contains tiny internal flaws—and that’s a good thing for scientists looking for new ways to collect seismic data in places from a busy urban downtown to a remote glacier

  5. Cosemi Extends USB Active Optical Interconnect Leadership To Support Burgeoning Machine Vision Market 12/2/2019

    The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) is here – and it’s changing the face of manufacturing

  6. Simplified Monitoring Of FO Networks 11/14/2019

    Are the network and applications delivering the desired performance? How, with what and how quickly can that be proved? Network and infrastructure managers in data centers look for an answer to these questions on a daily basis

  7. Introducing The First Switchable Adjustable Ring Mode (ARM) Fiber Laser 11/11/2019

    The new Coherent HighLightTM FL-ARM with Fiber-Fiber-Switch is a high-power (2 - 8 kW), dual fiber output laser that can sequentially power two separate workstations or processes

  8. Thorlabs Acquires Fiber Laser Assets From KMLabs 10/28/2019

    Thorlabs and KMLabs announced today that Thorlabs has acquired the KMLabs’ Y-Fi portfolio, a family of high average power, high repetition rate NIR/MIR ultrafast fiber lasers, OPAs, and NOPAs

  9. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Announces 400G Transceiver-Switch Interoperability 10/9/2019

    Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the internet datacenter, cable broadband, telecom, and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced interoperability between AOI’s 400G QSFP-DD SR8 and 400G QSFP-DD DR4 transceivers with Celestica’s industry-leading Silverstone DX400 400G switch platform

  10. The Future Looks Bright For Hollow-Core Fibre Technology 9/26/2019

    The University of Southampton’s world-leading Optoelectronic Research Centre (ORC), based in the Zepler Institute of Photonics and Nanoelectronics, has announced significant breakthroughs in hollow-core fibre (HCF) technology at ECOC2019 in Dublin this week.