Lightwave articles from April 2004

Lightwave archives from April 2004

Optical performance monitors continue to chase market.(Industry)
April 1, 2004... The market for embedded optical performance monitors (OPMs) has been rocky since its inception. Conflicting requirements, significant technical hurdles, and lack of a standard interface have kept significant deployments "within the next six...

Requirements, challenges applying optics in a backplane environment.(Applications)
April 1, 2004... New generations of communications, computing, and storage equipment are not constrained to a shelf, rack, or cabinet and can be distributed across many shelves or cabinets separated by tens of meters. While designers have various interconnect...

Design realizes point-to-point, shared LAN emulation in EPON.(Technology)
April 1, 2004... Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs) are a combination of point-to-multipoint (P2MP) topology and Ethernet framework. So they may be called "P2MP LANs." An EPON operates point-to-point in the optical-network unit (ONU) to...

Prima Luci.(Hotpick)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Prima Luci (White Plains, NY), a startup optical-component company, says its has developed an all-photonic dispersion compensator capable of simultaneously correcting chromatic and polarization-mode dispersion using a technology that operates...

Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) and Movaz Networks (Atlanta) agreed to jointly develop new next-generation metro DWDM equipment for Lucent's service-provider customers using Movaz's DWDM technology.(North America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) and Movaz Networks (Atlanta) agreed to jointly develop new next-generation metro DWDM equipment for Lucent's service-provider customers using Movaz's DWDM technology. The new offerings will complement...

ADVA Optical Networking (Munich, Germany, and Mahwah, NJ) successfully completed interoperability testing and qualification of its Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 2000 system for IBM (Armonk, NY) Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS) S/390 and zSeries eServer environments.(North America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... ADVA Optical Networking (Munich, Germany, and Mahwah, NJ) successfully completed interoperability testing and qualification of its Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 2000 system for IBM (Armonk, NY) Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS)...

ANDevices (Fremont, CA) closed its first round of financing.(North America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... ANDevices (Fremont, CA) closed its first round of financing. Led by AsiaTech Management and supported by several Silicon Valley angel investors, the new funding will be used to develop communications components in fiber to the home (FTTH) and...

Corvis (Columbia, MD) signed an agreement to acquire Chicago-based competitive local exchange carrier Focal Communications, nationwide provider of voice and data services for enterprises, carriers, and resellers.(North America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Corvis (Columbia, MD) signed an agreement to acquire Chicago-based competitive local exchange carrier Focal Communications, nationwide provider of voice and data services for enterprises, carriers, and resellers. The acquisition expands...

Photonics Center at Boston University.(North America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The Photonics Center at Boston University opened its new Integrated Optics Laboratory. The lab will facilitate hybrid integration, device characterization, and measurement of active and passive photonics devices for industrial collaboration and...

AboveNet.(North America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... AboveNet (New York City) will provide a private fiber-optic network to Independence Air. The network will support the company's move toward becoming a national low-fare airline based out of Washington, DC's Dulles International Airport, with...

Agilent Technologies, Infineon Technologies, InfiniCon Systems, Mindspeed Technologies, Molex, Optical Communication Products, Picolight, Sun Microsystems, Tyco Electronics, and W.L. Gore & Associates released an IBPAK multisource-agreement (MSA) specification.(North America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Agilent Technologies, Infineon Technologies, InfiniCon Systems, Mindspeed Technologies, Molex, Optical Communication Products, Picolight, Sun Microsystems, Tyco Electronics, and W.L. Gore & Associates released an IBPAK multisource-agreement...

JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA, and Ottawa) selected the K2 Optronics (Sunnyvale, CA) EC48 external-cavity laser as the primary laser component in JDS Uniphase's 57TM extended long-reach (ELR) series of DWDM transmitter modules.(North America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA, and Ottawa) selected the K2 Optronics (Sunnyvale, CA) EC48 external-cavity laser as the primary laser component in JDS Uniphase's 57TM extended long-reach (ELR) series of DWDM transmitter modules. The 57TM ELR is...

Telecom Italia selected the Digital Lightwave (Clearwater, FL) Network Information Computer (NIC) Plus for its Optical Transport Network (OTN) deployment and testing.(Europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Telecom Italia selected the Digital Lightwave (Clearwater, FL) Network Information Computer (NIC) Plus for its Optical Transport Network (OTN) deployment and testing. Telecom Italia is the first major international carrier that has standardized...

Optical Internetworking Forum.(Hotpick)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The newly merged Architecture and Signaling Working Group of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) completed two implementation agreements (IAs) that address control-plane protocols needed for end-to-end optical connections. The Intra-Carrier...

Rede Electrica Nacional (REN), the Portuguese electricity transmission company, awarded a contract to ECI Telecom (Petah Tikva, Israel) for the supply of the XDM multiservice provisioning platform and local support services.(Europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Rede Electrica Nacional (REN), the Portuguese electricity transmission company, awarded a contract to ECI Telecom (Petah Tikva, Israel) for the supply of the XDM multiservice provisioning platform and local support services. ECI Telecom will...

Bookham Technology (Oxfordshire, UK) and Colibrys (Neuchatel, Switzerland) collaborated to create and implement variable-optical-attenuator modules based on MEMS design and fabrication processes.(Europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Bookham Technology (Oxfordshire, UK) and Colibtys (Neuchatel, Switzerland) collaborated to create and implement variable-optical-attenuator modules based on MEMS design and fabrication processes. Bookham has designed and patented...

Greater China Photonic Solutions.(asia)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Greater China Photonic Solutions (GCPS), an industry consortium that offers a China-based integrated component and subsystem supply chain for communications companies manufacturing products in China, made its U.S. debut. GGPS aims to enable...

PCCW (Hong Kong), one of Asia's leading IT&T players and the largest communications provider in Hong Kong, selected RBN (San Francisco) as its supplier of CWDM transport equipment.(asia)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... PCCW (Hong Kong), one of Asia's leading IT&T players and the largest communications provider in Hong Kong, selected RBN (San Francisco) as its supplier of CWDM transport equipment. The two-year supply agreement covers the RBNi GigaEdge 8200....

Lowering the cost and size of RZ.(update)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Traditional approaches to return to-zero (RZ) transmitter designs include a separate continuous wave laser, two lithium niobate (LiNb[O.sub.3]) modulators, and two high-voltage drivers that consume significant electrical power. A much more...

Be careful what you wish for.(Editorial)(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... Last month's D.C. Circuit Court rejection of key parts of the Federal Communications Commission's Triennial Review order represents a clear victory for the RBOCs. But it's not the end of the war over line-sharing. Since many in the optical...

Pluggables make WDM more cost-effective.(Technology: advances in research, development, engineering, and standards)
April 1, 2004... April 15, 2000--tax day--marked the beginning of the end of the dot-corn bubble, a major driver of enterprise and IT spending. Now, as we approach tax day four years later, we are at the beginning of a new technology-upgrade cycle. After four...

RFP activity boosts ROADM development.(Tech Trends)
April 1, 2004... Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) are the new hot topic in the industry, thanks to a flurry of carrier RFPs and a plethora of vendors showcasing their ROADM components and subsystems at OFC in February. The buzz is...

PMD is challenged by 40 Gbits/sec.(Standards Watch)
April 1, 2004... Since polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) produces pulse-spreading, every increase in bit rate requires a tighter restriction on PMD. Measurement and deployment conditions may become the most difficult obstacles to tighter PMD requirements. PMD...

High-precision positioning controller, actuator.(Design & Manufacturing)
April 1, 2004... For many laser and electro-optic laboratory experiments and OEM processes that require automated and/or remote control of adjustable stages and mounts, the NewStep series of positioning products provides a combination of precision motion and...

Real time cure profiling rheometer.(Design & Manufacturing)
April 1, 2004... The StressTech HR rheometer is equipped with a UV cure monitoring accessory and fast oscillation data acquisition software. It utilizes integrated light-triggering capability and data collection rates >100 points/ sec, along with combined...

Continuum's '3-in-1' switch targets emerging OAS market.(Product Profile)
April 1, 2004... It's no secret the all-optical-switch market has yet to materialize, leaving the plethora of vendors in the space with two choices: close up shop or find new uses for their optical-switching technology in the interim. Count startup Continuum...

2.5-Gbit/sec CWDM uncooled lasers.(Components)
April 1, 2004... For 2.5-Gbit/sec metro/access applications, the NEC uncooled-laser series is available in eight ITU-compliant CWDM wavelengths from 1470 to 1610 nm and offers a wide (-20[degrees] to +85[degrees]C) temperature range for outdoor applications....

DWDM DFB laser with FP etalon.(Components)
April 1, 2004... The FLD5F20CE-Exxxx 9.95328-Gbit/sec DWDM modulator integrated DFB laser with an integrated Fabry-Perot etalon for wavelength locking has transmission capacity up to 1,600 psec/nm corresponding to 80 km. It can be tuned to an ITU-T...

Remotely managed RS-232 media converter.(Systems)
April 1, 2004... The remotely managed chassis-based copper-to-fiber media converter for RS-232 links at distances up to 80 km over fiber-optic cable transmits the full complement of RS-232 flow control/handshaking signals, while supporting full-or half-duplex...

High-density, low-power DWDM SFP transceiver.(Subsystems)
April 1, 2004... The Manhattan series DWDM small-form-factor-pluggable (SFP) transceiver ("approximately six times smaller") delivers greater density and less power consumption (1.3 W) over the full operating-temperature range (-5[degrees] to +70[degrees]C)....

Remote GbE test module.(Test Equipment)
April 1, 2004... Housed inside the IQS-500 intelligent test system, the IQS-8510 high-end rack-mountable 10/100/1,000-Mbit/sec Packet Blazer Ethernet module can be carried to customer premises for Ethernet services turn-up and troubleshooting. One technician...

Core alignment fusion splicer.(Installation)
April 1, 2004... Boasting 9-sec splice and 35-sec heat-shrink times, the FSM-50S core alignment fusion splicer features a reversible monitor for ergonomic flexibility, a control panel on each side, 100 programmable splicing modes, and 2,000 splices in memory....

Laser-optimized MMF for 1/10-GbE campus backbone.(Applications: innovative component, subsystem, system, and network design examples and alternatives)
April 1, 2004... Systems engineers are routinely asked two questions: How do I determine the type of fiber needed for my campus backbone? And how many fibers do I need to install? Both questions require some analysis to help network designers make the best...

MCI builds business case for ULH DWDM network.(Case by Case)
April 1, 2004... In another step toward successfully emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, MCI (Ashburn, VA) recently announced plans to deploy a nationwide ultra-long-haul (ULH) DWDM network capable of supporting OC-768 core capacity with transmission speeds up...

Bandwidth needs top list of enterprise optics drivers.(Industry: opportunities, market intelligence, and forecasts to improve your bottom line)
April 1, 2004... A recent survey of Lightwave readers suggests that overall bandwidth demand, rather than emerging applications such as storage area networking, will provide the strongest impetus for increased use of optical technologies in enterprise networks....

Free-space optics seen as viable alternative to cable.(Analyst Corner)
April 1, 2004... When communications managers face wireline deployment issues and compare the cost of a leased telecommunications line to the implementation of a free-space optics (FSO) system, the flexibility of the FSO products proves to be an attractive...

Lightwave communications directory.
April 1, 2004... Distributors SPEER FIBER OPTICS, INC. 390 Amwell Road, Suite 310, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 PH: 908 359 1173, FAX: 908 359 8305, EMAIL: sales@speerfiberoptics.com, WEB: www.speerfiberoptics.com Distributor of CLETOP connector cleaning...

Plump-laser-diode consumption is on the rise.(Market Watch)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The global consumption value of pump-laser-diode (LD) modules is expected to reach $255 million by 2008, according to a new study from ElectroniCast (San Mateo, CA). "During years 2008-2013, DWDM, green-field (new-builds), and the lighting up...

Growth expected this year in 'virtually all telecom sectors'.(Market Watch)
April 1, 2004... The telecommunications equipment industry saw its biggest sequential increase in quarterly sales in the fourth quarter of 2003 since the bubble year of 2000, reveals a new study from market research and advisory services firm RHK (South San...

Transceivers get a boost.(Market Watch)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Economic recovery and the growing use of 10-Gbit/sec optical links for enterprise and storage applications will drive steady growth in the long-wavelength laser and transceiver market, contends a new report from Strategies Unlimited (Mountain...