A New Internet Speed Record
The idea of “fast” has been around forever. A fast horse is quite different from a fast ca…
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Connecting You to The Latest Fiber Optics News and Information
A Turning Point of Innovation at OFC 2023
There was a palpable energy at the 2023 OFC (Optical Fiber Communications) conference in M…
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The 400G High-Speed Optics Outlook
In March, at the OFC 2023 (Optical Fiber Communications conference and exhibition), it was…
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A Guide to Filters and Splitters
Choosing the right optical filter is like choosing the best sunglasses for your eyes. Too…
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Transoceanic Fiber Optics: The Cable That Runs the Tech World
A few years ago, an underwater cable broke, plunging a nation into Internet darkness. While some…
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What is Power and Why Does it Matter in Optical Circuits?
Have you considered the question: “How much power does an optical transceiver have?” Or: “…
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Speed Up High-Performance Computing with 200G InfiniBand HDR
The fastest supercomputers today run at an Exaflop per second. And, yes, that’s as fast…
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4 Ways to Select the Right Fiber Optic Mode and Type
We understand the basic composition of a fiber optic cable — core, cladding, buffer — and…
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DWDM Back To Basics
In this edition of Learning with Larry, I’m going to discuss C-Band DWDM, a.k.a. Dense Waveleng…
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About Coherent Optics, Part 2
In our first discussion
on Coherent Optics, we explored the difference between NRZ, PAM4…
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Upgrading Server Connections to 25GbE in the Data Center
If you are noticing your organization’s network needs a little extra speed in 2023, but yo…
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To BiDi or Not To BiDi: The Pros and Cons of 25G and Bi-Directional
This is part of an ongoing series with Larry Legg, Senior Product Design Engineer at Appro…
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