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Lightwave delivers content focused on fiber optics and optoelectronics, the technologies that enable the growth, integration and improved performance of voice, data and video communications networks and services.

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  1. 100G in the Data Center at ECOC 2015

    We’ve talked about 100 Gigabit Ethernet deployments in the data center long enough – when is it going to happen and which module MSAs will see the most volume? Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy polled several experts at ECOC 2015 in Valencia, Spain, and has the answers in this exclusive...

  2. Optics in the Data Center at ECOC 2015

    Optical transmission in the data center and for data center interconnect was a major them at ECOC 2015. Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy captures the varying viewpoints on what will be hot – and what won't – for these applications based on interviews conducted with market analysts and...

  3. 100G at ECOC Wrap-up

    Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy reviews his picks for the most significant announcements and trends surrounding 100-Gbps technology at ECOC 2014. He covers both line side, where significant advancements were made in coherent transmission via new pluggable optical transceivers and the...

  4. Ovum's Daryl Inniss talks 100G trends

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  5. Finisar shows off silicon photonics based 50-Gbps technology

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  6. Infonetics survey details new metro 100G realities

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  7. Oclaro details 100G transceiver advances

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  8. 100G at OFC 2014 Wrap Up

    There was a lot related to 100-Gbps discussed at OFC 2014 in San Francisco, and Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy summarizes the highlights in this final podcast in our series. Topics include pluggable coherent CFP and CFP2 modules for the line side, new DSPs for such applications, and...

  9. The 100G market and the prospects for coherent modules

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  10. Direct detect transmission at 100G and beyond

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  11. 100G in the metro

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  12. The evolution of the 100G market

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  13. 25G to 28G SerDes and Transceiver Test Challenges

    Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy quizzes John Calvin, BERT portfolio manager at Tektronix, about the challenges technology developers are likely to face working in applications with data rates ranging from 25G to...

  14. FTTx test trends

    Jimmy Gagnon, product specialist at EXFO Inc., discusses the latest trends in FTTx test and measurement with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy. Topics include developing requirements within FTTx test, the evolution of FTTx test instruments, and strategies for lowing FTTx test costs.

  15. Optical network test trends with Frost & Sullivan

    Sujan Sami, Measurement & Instrumentation Program manager for market research firm Frost & Sullivan, talks to Lightwave’s Editorial Director Stephen Hardy about the major trends in fiber-optic test and measurement equipment. He estimates the size of the fiber-optic test and measurement market and...

  16. High-speed optical transceiver test trends

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  17. 100G at ECOC 2013 Wrap-up

    Lightwave Editorial Director and Associate Publisher Stephen Hardy provides an overview of the announcements and discussions of 100G at the ExCeL in London that he found most significant. On the line side, Stephen covers pluggable coherent transmission technology for 100 Gbps in the metro,...

  18. OIF interoperability demo highlights maturity of CEI-28G-VSR and CEI-25G-LR

    The OIF’s latest interoperability demo at ECOC 2013 indicates that CEI-28G-VSR and CEI-25G-LR are ready for prime time. Ed Frlan, senior system architect at Semtech, represented OIF at the show and describes to Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy what went on and what it means to the...

  19. Insight into 100G electronics with Inphi

    Communications electronics supplier Inphi has made a name for itself in the world of high-speed communications and participated in the OIF’s interoperability demonstration at ECOC 2013. Vice President of Marketing, High Speed Connectivity Products Siddarth Sheth describes the company’s part in…

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  20. Finisar talks CFP4, VCSELs, metro 100G

    Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy visits with Finisar’s Vice President of Marketing Rafik Ward to discuss the CFP4 transceiver on display at the company’s ECOC stand. Also on the docket are the 25-Gbps VCSEL technology used in the demonstrated CFP4, the demand for CFP2, and what kind of...

  21. JDSU CTO Brandon Collings looks at 100G technology

    Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy caught up with Brandon Collings, CTO of the CCOP business unit at JDSU, to discuss where 100G enabling technology is now and where to expect it to go in the future. Collings offers his opinion on a variety of subjects, including whether there’s much of a...

  22. Next-Gen Components and Modules for 100G

    Ed Murphy, senior director within the CCOP Office of the CTO at JDSU, shares his view of line side and client side 100G module evolution with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy. Murphy also touches upon the technologies that will be necessary to support these new 100-Gbps optical...

  23. Integra reviews its 100G rollout

    Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy talks with Integra Vice President of Product and Offer Management Michael Kozlowski about the service provider’s current 100-Gbps deployment. Kozlowski discusses how the deployment is going, test requirements, and the company’s open mind when it comes to...

  24. Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock talks 100G, 200G

    Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy interviews Verizon Director of Optical Transport Networks Glenn Wellbrock on the carrier’s experiences with 100G. Topics range from how well the coherent technology has met expectations, how test requirements have changed, and metro plans. He also...

  25. Infinera and the Myths Surrounding 100G

    Infinera Director of Solutions & Technology Geoff Bennett tackles several myths that may still hold sway in the 100G market. Bennett tackles such subjects as silicon photonics versus photonic integrated circuits, whether Infinera can maintain its lead in PICs, whether 400G really is the next step...

  26. 100G and fiber availability

    Before you can deploy 100G on your fiber-optic network, you have to have some fiber. Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber, describes how the increasing demand for 100G services is driving the need for dark fiber and colocation not just between the NFL cities, but around the country.

  27. The test requirements of 100G coherent networks

    Coherent technology is designed to overcome impairments such as chromatic and polarization mode dispersion. But, depending upon your application, that doesn’t mean you can retire your dispersion measurement equipment. Francis Audet, who works in the Office of the CTO at EXFO, describes the...

  28. FTTH in Brazil

    Andre Kriger, director of fiber optics at Telefónica Brazil, describes his country’s FTTH program in this interview with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy. He discusses the challenges Telefónica Brazil has faced with the deployment of FTTH and how they have solved them.

  29. Gilberto Guitarte, president of the FTTH Council's LATAM Chapter, talks FTTH in Latin America

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  30. LightCounting's Dale Murray Talks 100G in the Data Center

    Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Is there much of a market for 100G in the data center right now? Not really, according to LightCounting Principal Analyst Dale Murray. Murray discusses what needs to happen for that to change with Lightwave Editorial…

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  31. 100G at OFC/NFOEC: A Wrap-up

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  32. 100G port count and transceiver prognosis

    Vladimir Kozlov, founder and CEO of market research firm LightCounting, offers his take on 2012 in line side and client side 100G transceiver sales, as well as what he expects in 2013. He also points out the difficulty technologists will face as they attempt to enable the next generation of...

  33. InP as a platform for integration

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  34. Micro-ITLAs as enablers of next-generation coherent 100G

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  35. 100G options for the metro

    Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Rick Talbot, senior analyst, transport and routing infrastructure for Current Analysis, offers his options on 100-Gbps for metro applications in this interview with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy. Rick reviews…

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  36. Market factors for 100G in 2013

    Ovum optical networking analyst Ron Kline offers his views on how robust the 100G market will be in 2013 in this interview with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy. He also discusses whether there is still room to differentiate through innovation, what to expect for 100G prices, and how...

  37. Editor's picks for ECOC 2012 100G+ highlights

  38. The rise and fall and rise (maybe) of 10x10G

  39. Technology choices for metro 100G

  40. How much demand will there be for 100G coherent modules?

  41. Enabling technology for tightly spaced wavelength channels

  42. Flexible-grid networks for 400G need more than flexible wavelength-selective switches

  43. Fiber everywhere

  44. FTTH

  45. Beyond 100Mbps

  46. Matt Polka

  47. Tom Cohen

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