We have been told that there is going to be a worldwide shortage of 25G lasers in the coming two years, supposedly due to not…
Category: Components
The Guts of the CFP2
For the next generation of 100G coherent line interface form factor CFP2, will it be a split implementation — analog CFP2 and separate digital DSP…
Silicon Photonics: Widespread Usage on Active Components Doubtful
While the amount of industry chatter about silicon photonics rose substantially in 2014, partially because of certain market research firms looking to sell more reports,…
Finisar Getting a Raw Deal with Silicon Photonics
When it comes to technology development, some of the leading analysts in the financial community have a tendency to blindly follow a template of conventional…
New M&A Types of Players In Optics
In recent weeks, there has been a flurry of acquisition activity with three optical component companies being purchased by non-traditional kinds of acquirers, particularly players…
Absurdity of Stressing Metro 100G Now
A couple of financial analysts have been touting Ciena as the expected big winner for a future contract for a large 100G metro project at…
No Blowback from Neophotonics Pickup
Before the closing of its deal for Emcore’s narrow linewidth tunable laser product line this month, it had been difficult to find any criticism given…
Surviving in a 10G World
Given that the lion’s share of the discussion in telecom forums is about vaporware, it is not surprising that a lot people in the industry…
Bullish on 850nm VCSELs; Avago Selling VCSEL Components
As we will demonstrate on an OFC 2015 panel, the data center VCSEL market will remain healthy for an extremely long time, especially in terms…
Integrated Photonics Clash
Please join us for our panel at OFC 2015 for a change of pace with fewer slides and with a focus on a lively discussion…
