Optical Connections Magazine published to coincide with ECOC Exhibition 2016, taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany from 19-21 September.
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4 Industry News 14 Matthew Peach – A Faster Future 16 Roy Rubenstein 18 John Williamson – 400G Revving Up 20 Wolfgang Fischer – TDM Migration 22 Jeff Demain 28 Matthew Peach – HI-REL couplers 30 Madhu Krishnaswamy – Optical Whiteboxes 32 Roy Rubenstei n – Intel First To Market 34 Werner De Wolf – Indexing Architecture 36 Maxim Kuschnerov – Economics Of Coherent DSPs 38 Mark Lutkowitz – Clash Of Technologies – Making Integrated Optics Available For All – How Optics Improved My Snoawboarding 24 Samuel Liu 26 Víctor López – Optics Evolution – Future-Proofing
Wilkommen in Düsseldorf!
In fact, there are at least four welcomes to extend to ECOC attendees this week: to this fabulous city of the Rhein; to both the ECOC conference and its ever-growing associated exhibition; and to this biggest ever issue of Optical Connections, which will give you a taste of what to expect. ECOC is the largest conference on optical communication in Europe, and one of the most prestigious and long-standing events in this field worldwide. This event showcases state-of-the-art developments in optical communications from newly-deployed systems meeting today’s market needs to academic solutions for future networks. Now in its 20th year, the ECOC Exhibition has this year brought together more than 5,000 decision makers from all around the world – developers, manufacturers, suppliers and service providers to networking – to gain insights on innovation, new products and trends in the industry. And, of course, to network, network, network with this amazing community! Featuring over 300 exhibitors, the show is packed with interactive features, working systems and expert-led seminars. Live demonstrations are provided in the FTTx Village and free training sessions cover every angle from splicing to software. The ever-popular Market Focus theatre has a packed schedule of thought-provoking presentations by the leading players from optics today. Download the schedule. And when you need a breather from all this, make sure to see the fabulous city of Düsseldorf, which has been in the vanguard of technology innovation since its famous sons Kraftwerk first switched on their synthesizers to give us Autobahn, The Model and Tour de France. The city has so much to offer, whether it’s strolling through the legendary Altstadt, famous for its 260 inns and restaurants, visiting the famous shopping street Königsallee, or simply taking a walk along the Rhine embankment promenade. So to all our visitors, we wish you a successful time at ECOC 2016 and viel Glück in Düsseldorf!
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Current silicon photonics has a problem: it needs ten times more energy than we can provide.
APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH
Matthew Peach – see page 14
Ekinops’ 100G solution selected by Orange to increase network capacity
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Nexus Media Events Ltd, organiser of the European Conference on Optical Communications Exhibition (ECOC), recently announced industry giants such as Facebook, BT and Nokia among the companies topping the programme. Marking its tenth successful year, the Market Focus, sponsored by Inphi, forms part of the ECOC Exhibition and the key topics to be discussed in the Market Focus sessions include: Service Provider Optical Transmission, Photonic Integration and Digital Silicon Photonics, Optical Network Agility and Packet Optical transport and Fibre Access and Data Centres: Optics in Cloud Computing. “We’re excited to show our we have, including presentations from Facebook, Intel and Ovum. The Market Focus is always a big attraction for our guests” said Beverley Lucas, Event Director for Nexus Media Events Ltd. confirmed to speak at the ECOC Market Focus the 2016 Market Focus agenda for Düsseldorf with participants the fantastic line-up Facebook, BT and Nokia
Ekinops, a leading supplier of next-generation optical network equipment for high-speed telecommunications networks, has been selected by Orange to supply 100G solutions for its very high capacity international long haul networks. “Orange stated this Ekinops 100G solution, powerful and simple to set up, meets very well our challenges of increasing our high-capacity routes, which we want fast and flexible.” In order to meet the needs of telecommunications unpredictable data traffic, Ekinops has developed a long haul 100G solution that increases the capacity of existing optical networks. This solution, based on the Ekinops 360 platform, will be deployed by Orange starting in the second half of 2016, on segments of its terrestrial high-speed broadband network, which represents 18,000 km of optical fibre in France and internationally (Europe, USA, and Singapore). By facilitating the deployment and increasing Testing of the next-generation mobile wireless standard 5G in Berlin The next-generation fast wireless data transmission standard 5G is being tested in Berlin. The Senate Department for Economics and the Deutsche Telekom intend to cooperate in the setup of a test site. They will sign a contract with the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute, HHI in Berlin in order to promote research and the introduction of the operators faced with the explosion of often
After a laboratory test period and further field tests, Orange has validated the Ekinops solution as it can be deployed quickly and is quite easy to manage, operate and integrate
the capacity of the major international routes, this technology will enable Orange to better serve its subsidiaries and corporate clients worldwide, as well
as customers in the wholesale market. Jean-Luc Vuillemin, Senior Vice President International Networks, Infrastructures
into existing networks, thanks to the solution’s interoperability with other equipment on the market. Ekinops is a leading supplier of next generation optical transport equipment for telecommunications
& Services at Orange, said: “This Ekinops 100G solution, powerful and
service providers. The Ekinops 360 addresses metro, regional, and
Ekinops’ long haul 100G solution boosts the capacity of optical networks
simple to set up, meets very well our challenges of increasing our high-capacity routes, which we want fast and flexible.” Didier Brédy, Chief Executive Officer of Ekinops, said: “We are very proud to have earned Orange’s trust for this strategic application with massive potential and to offer an innovative solution to one of the largest carriers. This validates that our strategy and Ekinops’ products are in line with the requirements of Tier 1 service providers.” new mobile network. The information technology and telecommunication sector views fifth-generation (5G) mobile wireless as an opportunity for Germany to regain more power in the technology business. With market readiness slated for the year 2020, the technology supporting data rates of up to 10 Gbit/s will be much faster than the current LTE standard. An intelligent communication infrastructure is being set up with the 5G test site in Berlin. This network of the future will not be designed just for telephony and data services. It is a universal network for device communication.
long haul applications with a single, integrated platform. Ekinops is a market-leading innovator in 100G and 200G transport with a coherent line of products that optimises optical networks. The Ekinops 360 relies on the programmable Ekinops Transport-on-a-Chip architecture that enables fast, flexible and cost-effective delivery of new services for high-speed, high-capacity transport. Using the Ekinops 360 carrier-grade system, development of applications with the involvement of start- ups and testing of the first applications by Berlin residents makes the Berlin test site unique among international competitors. Next-generation transmitters will be installed on the former Telefunken high-rise on Ernst-Reuter-Platz near Berlin Technical University in Charlottenburg among other places. They can cover a radius of about one kilometre. 5G applications such as the developments at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute and Fokus can be tested in real time in these zones. The parallel development of the infrastructure, the
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Telia Carrier deploys Coriant 400G technology in European backbone to boost scalability
Telehouse, the carrier neutral data centre provider, has announced the availability of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect at its Paris data centre. AWS Direct Connect provides access to Amazon’s full suite of cloud computing services, like Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2), Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) and Relational Database Service (RDS). Using the AWS Direct Connect service, Telehouse customers can now access a dedicated 1Gb/s or 10Gb/s connection with data, previously transported over the Internet, delivered through a private network connection to the cloud, improving performance and security, whilst reducing cost and allowing for scalable bandwidth at peak business times. “The adoption of cloud computing is still growing rapidly, with spending on public cloud services alone predicted to increase to more than $141 billion in 2019, as more organisations seek to take advantage of the increased performance and reduced costs o ered by the cloud,” said Hiroyuki Soshi, Managing Director of Telehouse Europe. Amazon web services adds direct connect to Telehouse Paris data centre
Infinera has announced that it has joined the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to help accelerate the pace of innovation in telecommunications infrastructure. Co-founded by Facebook and operators such as Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom, TIP is an engineering-focused initiative driven by operators, infrastructure providers, “reimagine the traditional approach to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure,” the partners say. TIP is designed to bring together leading industry Telia Carrier, a global internet backbone provider, and Coriant, a supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end packet optical networking solutions, have announced the introduction of 400G-capable Coriant CloudWave Optics technology in Telia Carrier’s pan-European backbone network. The power-e cient coherent interface technology will enable Telia Carrier to double the capacity on its DWDM infrastructure, which is in part built upon Coriant’s hiT 7300 Multi-Haul Transport Platform. “As our customers in Europe experience increased demand for capacity to support their business-critical applications, we are committed to investing in best-in-class innovation to stay at the forefront of service excellence,” said Mattias Fridström, Chief Technology O cer, Telia Carrier. “The Coriant solution enables us to significantly improve utilisation of our existing DWDM infrastructure “The Coriant solution demonstrates the real- world value of optical layer programmability and fast service deployment.” and rapidly provision new services to meet our customers’ dynamic systems integrators, and other technology companies that aim to
The Coriant 7100 Packet Optical Transport Solutions provide the industry’s most compact, flexible, and feature-rich packet optical transport platforms for access, edge, and regional applications
for all three areas globally. Infinera Intelligent Transport Networks enable telecom network infrastructure to scale, while simplifying optical network operations and accelerating service innovation. “We are delighted to join TIP and look forward to collaborating with Facebook and other industry leaders to define the future of telecom networks,” said Ashoka Valia, Senior Vice President, Business Development at Infinera. “With this collaboration, Infinera’s leadership in technology innovation and large-scale photonic integration to play an even greater role in solving the future connectivity requirements of networks across the globe.” solution for cloud and data center networks that delivers 3.2 terabits of capacity throughput in a compact 1RU form factor. e ciency, and scalability to infrastructure networks facing unprecedented tra c growth. The technology is also a key enabler of the Coriant Groove G30 DCI Platform, an innovative stackable transport infrastructure,” said Tarcisio Ribeiro, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Services, Coriant. “The Coriant solution demonstrates the real-world value of optical layer programmability and fast service deployment.” Coriant CloudWave Optics is a key photonic layer technology that combines a leading signal processing engine, optimised integrated photonics, and embedded software intelligence that brings a new level of optical performance,
innovators to collaborate to develop new technologies and rethink approaches to deploying network architecture that leverage advances in the technology and an open approach to development. TIP will explore new approaches and technologies across three initial focus areas: access, backhaul and core and management. The project groups within these areas will leverage the unique engineering and operation expertise of members. Infinera will contribute its expertise in developing and deploying innovative packet- optical technologies and solutions connectivity requirements.” The first implementation of Coriant CloudWave Optics in Telia Carrier’s hiT 7300-based pan-European backbone network will include a 400G-enabled fibre route between the cities of Copenhagen, Denmark and Frankfurt, Germany. With industry-leading optical link control and software programmable modulation capabilities, the Coriant solution will also enable Telia Carrier to maximise reach and performance throughout their wider network, including in challenging fibre routes such as subsea long haul transmission to London, a major Internet hub in the region. “We are pleased to extend our long-standing relationship with Telia Carrier and continue to deliver the technology innovation that allows them to unlock the full potential of their DWDM
Infinera collaborates with industry leaders on Telecom Infra project
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Given that 100G solutions are just now hitting the big time, it might seem a little premature to be boosting 400G.
NEWS & BUSINESS
John Williamson – see page 18
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Amazon, Google, IBM andMicrosoft named leaders in cloud services scorecard Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft have been named as the leading cloud infrastructure services providers, according to new research from analyst firm IHS Markit. The Cloud IT Infrastructure Service Provider Scorecard evaluates the leading o -premises cloud IT infrastructure service providers on “concrete data and metrics” criteria, including direct feedback from buyers, provider market share, market share momentum, financials, brand recognition and reputation for innovation, with providers classified as either leader, established or challenger depending on the overall score given. Ericsson transfers 2g and 3g development Ericsson has announced an agreement with Combitech, a Nordic technology consultancy, to transfer its 2G and 3G development units in Linköping and Gothenburg, Sweden. The agreement, which is due to take place in October this year, will include the transfer of 300 Ericsson sta . Combitech is already a strategic R&D consultancy supplier to Ericsson and will continue to be so after the transfer finalises.
AT&T and IBMunite to bring enhanced Internet of Things to Cloud developers
toolkit for a complete set of IoT tools to start their IoT projects right away. Developers can now use IBM’s open and security-rich Watson Internet of Things (IoT) Platform and Bluemix services together with AT&T IoT Platforms to gain deeper insights from data collected from connected devices. Multiple Watson APIs and other IBM services, including visual recognition, personality insights, tradeo analytics and speech/translation, are available. Watson APIs can be used to break down barriers to including advanced cognitive computing, machine learning and deep learning approaches to help better understand and engage users and tackle the massive growth of data in multiple formats. “From farming to fleets, there are many companies that would benefit from real, actionable IoT data,” said Chris Penrose, senior vice president, AT&T IoT Solutions. “Combining technologies with IBM can advance the developer experience –so they can build comprehensive IoT solutions for businesses. Developers can quickly turn their innovative ideas into cutting-edge solutions.” analysing unstructured data and provide access to powerful capabilities,
AT&T and IBM are working together to help businesses accelerate their Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. The two companies will combine their strengths in cognitive computing and global connectivity to create open standards- based tools on the IBM Cloud to enable developers to more quickly build and implement a wide variety of IoT solutions. Open standards-based tools allow developers to improve their skills and avoid the churn of learning new tools, which helps protect the investments businesses have made in IoT solution development. As demand for IoT solutions grows, so does the demand for skilled IoT developers. According to the VisionMobile 2016 Internet of Things Megatrends report, nearly 10 million developers will be active in IoT by 2020, doubling the estimated 5 million today. As businesses discover the need to more e ciently develop and bring IoT solutions to market, they must invest in developers to stay competitive. commitment and investment in open-source based tools, such as Node-Red, and open standards like MQTT, all essential for creating IBM and AT&T say they are expanding their full
IoT solutions. In addition, developers can now add the power of IBM’s Watson cognitive computing and AT&T’s IoT Platforms like Flow Designer and M2X, and access to its global network. This combination of open standards and IBM’s and AT&T’s unique technologies will result in a new level of IoT possibilities and solutions for developers to leverage well into the future. “We have heard the call from developers and businesses for more tools to make IoT a reality and together with AT&T, we are bringing together powerful platforms and services to drive collaborative innovation,” said Harriet Green, general manager, IBM Watson IoT, Commerce & Education. “This collaboration enables individual developers to tap the power of cognitive computing and combine it with massive amounts of data streaming from billions of connected devices, sensors and systems to create solutions that can help transform businesses and society alike.” AT&T is also working with IBM on a new starter kit to make it easier for developers to get going. Once completed, customers will be able to purchase the combined AT&T and IBM technologies in one
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61% of UK enterprises deploy or plan for virtualised enterprise applications, says Ciena
providers (37 per cent). So called “bill shock’ – the potential for run-away and unexpected costs resulting from an unplanned increase in the use of on-demand virtual services - is a significant concern. More than one third (37 per cent) of respondents still want a fixed monthly contract or a flat annual fee (34 per cent) to insulate from the costs of a demand spike. Joe Marsella, CTO EMEA, at Ciena, commented, “Software and virtualisation, combined with new DevOps style approaches, are key components for flexible and adaptive ICT and they also essential to establish a more agile business culture. By enhancing services with virtual applications that appeal to enterprises, improve service velocity and incorporate the flexibility needed to build, trial and release applications more rapidly, the service providers will strengthen their ability to compete.”
solutions as important or very important versus single-vendor solutions. This highlights the need for open, multi-vendor, multi- domain environments and unique partnerships that can deliver more disruptive, user-enabled services. Speed of new service deployment was flagged as very important by 41 per cent of respondents, while more, 49 per cent, highlighted the importance of virtualised applications to support rapid expansion of company IT infrastructure to new business units, partners and branches. This is in line with the drive to a DevOps-style approach to help modify new services and add new resources more quickly and easily. When selecting network function virtualisation (NFV) solutions or virtualised enterprise applications, 56 per cent of respondents
virtualised applications, such as software-based managed services like routers, encryption, firewalls and WAN optimisation services, which have traditionally been based on dedicated hardware. The Ciena survey illustrates the investment plans and views of enterprises around virtualised service delivery and their key decision factors when selecting vendors and managed service providers to implement these technologies.
Demand for virtualised applications, services and virtual network functions (VNFs) in the UK has tipped into the business mainstream with nearly two-thirds of enterprises (61%) either already investing in some form of virtualised application or planning to do so in the next 12 months. The significant extent of the adoption of virtualised applications, enterprises’ purchase preferences and strategies for these technologies was among the findings from a new independent study commissioned by Ciena and conducted by Opinion Matters. The study assessed
KEY FINDINGS Almost all (93 per cent) respondents rate a mix of best-of-breed, interoperable virtual
prefer working with established, major IT
vendors, followed by their existing connectivity service
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NEWS & BUSINESS
Inphi Corporation has announced an agreement to sell its memory product business to Rambus Inc. for $90 million. The sale is expected to close in the first half of Q3 2016, the company said that the transaction will enable it to “focus its attention on the growing opportunity in the communications markets”. Inphi will focus on expansion in the metro- optical market, inter data center connects and on its PAM product lines inside business to Rambus for $90million Inphi announces sale of its memory
Cisco prepares networking industry for ‘transformation’ to digital-ready networks
the data center. “The strategic divestiture of our memory business allows Inphi to focus on and increase investments in our communications business,” said Ford Tamer, president and CEO of Inphi. “It is a win-win for our employees, customers, partners and stockholders. We are planning to double down on our product roadmap for long-haul, metro, inter-data center and intra-data center customers.” In April 2016, Inphi announced “record” first Quarter results, including 12% year-over-year revenue growth and 17% year-over- year non-GAAP earnings per share growth. Revenue in the first quarter of 2016 was a record $66.5 million on U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, up 3.3% sequentially from $64.4 million reported in Q4 2015 and up 12% year-over-year, compared with $59.2 million in Q1 2015. optical switches, which, in contrast to conventional electrical/optical switches, do not convert the signals but control them purely optically. These switches allow for faster switching speeds and the industry’s lowest optical loss, the company claims. Huber+Suhner commented, “These innovative solutions are unique in the market and promise a large potential for the future. The products allow the efficient management of ever- increasing data volumes and support are a key building block in the evolution towards software-defined networks. This product portfolio thus represents a perfect addition to our existing product range. Polatis will form a business unit within our Fibre Optics
security attacks and growing customer expectations.” Cisco said it realised that traditional networks simply could not scale to meet the increasing demands of the digital business and a new network was needed for the digital era. “Organisations need to address the expanding threat landscape across mobility and cloud, while facing increasingly sophisticated security attacks. With DNA, Cisco is reinventing how we secure networks for the digital era by embedding advanced security capabilities
Communications giant Cisco has announced it will help engineers, developers, partners and customers embrace a dramatic change in how networks are built and managed — preparing the industry for the transition to digital-ready networks. In March 2016, Cisco launched the Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA), designed to be a new approach to networking designed for the digital era. The company explained, “As customers embrace mobility, cloud, analytics and the Internet of Things to digitise their business, IT teams are struggling to keep up with the ever- increasing complexity of the network, sophistication of USA, Cambridge/UK and Krakow/Poland. Product management, research, development, prototyping and low-volume production are all performed in England whilst high volume production takes place in Poland. The arm of the company based in the USA concentrates on sales. In the last financial year the company generated a turnover of about USD 13 million, mainly in the USA. Urs Kaufmann, CEO of Huber+Suhner, explains that the Polatis portfolio represents an excellent strategic complement to the Huber+Suhner product range: “Polatis’ pioneering technology strengthens our position as the leading innovator in the field of fibre optics. In our interconnected world digitalisation continues at a furious pace, and volumes of data are growing exponentially. division. “ Founded in 2000, Polatis now has some 110 employees at its sites in Bedford, MA/
into a single network architecture” says Jeff
Reed, Senior Vice President, Networking Infrastructure and Solutions at Cisco.
Huber+Suhner acquires optical networks developer Polatis
The Polatis technology enables these huge data streams to be managed speedily, efficiently and securely. Huber+Suhner will further invest into Polatis and we expect to see a breakthrough in the data centre market and a positive financial contribution within the next 2 to 3 years. We are pleased that we can count on the full commitment of the complete Polatis management team as we continue to develop the company. “ Gerald Wesel, CEO of Polatis, commented, “We recently launched our 384×384 switch, which is the largest available network switches; in so doing Polatis has confirmed its leading position in the field of optical switches. Thanks to the global presence, the size and excellent reputation of Huber+Suhner, we are now able to position our technology more widely in the market. In strategic terms, Polatis and Huber+Suhner represent a perfect fit.”
Swiss diverse photonics company Huber+Suhner has signed the contracts to take over Polatis, a group headquartered in Bedford, MA (USA) and Cambridge, UK, with $13 million sales and 110 employees. Polatis develops, produces and sells all-optical network switches, which enable improved capacity utilisation in data centres and advanced data networks. Both applications are strategic growth areas of Huber+Suhner. The closing of the acquisition is expected later in June. The parties agreed not to disclose the financial terms. The purchase will be financed entirely from company funds. Polatis is a technologically advanced provider of purely management in large telecommunication
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Intel first to market with integrated laser silicon photonics products
TECHNOLOGIES & PRODUCTS
Roy Rubenstein – see page 32
Diamond’s innovative high power solutions for laser applications
PS Contact
PM-PS Contact
PSm Contact
as on the core eccentricity tolerance, which has been reduced compared to the standard. Diamond SA has an ISO/ IEC 17025:2005 certified laboratory to qualify its own products and also executes qualifications plans for customers. For this purpose, Diamond has the following lasers: SM 1550nm 10W, MM 105/125 0.22NA 976nm 100W, MM 200 0.22NA 126 cm 2 of surface that can collect light from any direction, with existing telecommunications technology to achieve data rates of more than 2 gigabits-per-second (Gbps). “We demonstrated the use of fluorescent optical fibers that absorb one color of light and emit another color,” said Tiecke. “The optical fibers absorb light coming from any direction over a large area, and the emitted light travels inside the optical A high-speed free-space optical network requires very fast detectors to receive the laser light carrying information. But speed must be balanced against size; although larger detectors make an easier target to hit with a beam of laser light that’s traveling through the air, increasing the size of a detector makes it slower. A combination of optics and mechanical systems fiber, which funnels the light to a small, very fast photodetector.”
same performance, as the failure modes between these two technologies are similar. Laser Pumps using standard MM 105/125 0.22NA have become commonly used components and Diamond has developed contact connectors for this application, testing them successfully up to 100W. The optical interface has required slight modification, especially on the mating adapter, as well
The PS and PM-PS requires a fusion spliced GRIN lens to decrease the power density while collimating the beam. This allows a connection contact where the main failure mode is drastically reduced by the subsequent lower power density at ferrule-end. The E-2000™ PS connector has been qualified without any failure at 6W for 2000h. The PM-PS will sustain the
Diamond SA entered the world of high power connections over 15 years ago, encouraged by the increased use of fibre optics in laser and sensor manufacturing. The company have developed three technologies for the three main fibre types, with the PS Contact designed for SM, the PM-PS Contact designed for PM and the PSm Contact for MM fibres.
Detector from Facebook’s Connectivity Lab overcomes challenge of using light for wireless
towers can be challenging to deploy in a cost-effective way. Using laser light to carry information across the atmosphere can potentially offer very high bandwidths and data capacity, but one of the primary challenges has been how to precisely point a very small laser beam carrying the data at a tiny light detector that is some distance away. The Facebook researchers have demonstrated a method for using fluorescent materials instead of traditional optics to collect light and concentrate it onto a small photodetector. They combined this light collector, which features
world who cannot currently access it. “A large fraction of people don’t connect to the internet because the wireless communications infrastructure is not available where they live, mostly in very rural areas of the world,” said Tobias Tiecke, who leads the research team. “We are developing communication technologies that are optimised for areas where people live far apart from each other.” called free-space optical communications, offers a promising way to bring the Internet to areas where optical fibers and cell Light-based wireless communication, also
Today’s high-speed wired communication networks use lasers to
carry information through optical fibers, but wireless networks are currently based on radiofrequencies or microwaves. In an advance that could make light-based wireless communications ubiquitous, researchers from Facebook, Inc.’s Connectivity Lab have demonstrated a new approach for detecting optical communication signals travelling through the air. Facebook’s Connectivity Lab develops technologies aimed at providing affordable Internet services to the 4 billion people in the
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World’s first commercially available 10G radio launched
waveguide, Rings, Multiplexing and De Multiplexing functions, like MMI and MZI, plus high-speed, active devices such as silicon electro-optic modulators (MZM, RRM) and germanium photodetectors, while maintaining thermal tuning capabilities using metal heaters. Typical measured insertion loss for O-band (1260- 1360nm) devices is -2.0dB with a -1dB bandwidth of 26nm and a back reflection in the -20 to -25 dB range. Waveguide insertion losses are below 2dB/cm and 0.2dB/cm for monomode and multimode waveguides, respectively. Germanium photodiode responsivity is up to 0.75A/W with a bandwidth >30GHz. design kit (PDK), which will be available using a variety of EDA tools, and includes layout, verification and simulation capabilities. The technology is fully supported by a process technology. Applications such as high capacity links for disaster recovery situations have also been discussed. Consumers can look forward to faster, clearer services, greatly reduced download times, better connectivity and seamless access to services, entertainment and media. These radios operate in the 71-76 and 81-86 GHz frequency bands, this offers a real advantage in that these bands only require a light licence, this provides further savings in terms of time and cost. RF Com’s Managing Director, Ian Cains says, ‘this is a landmark day for us as a business, but also for the UK market. It will now be possible to offer a solution that is ready now to provide the fastest, most accessible network anywhere globally. We are incredibly excited about working with ELVA-1 on embedding this technology into the UK market – we’ve already had a huge amount of interest from mobile operators, wireless internet providers and fibre optic providers’.
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Adtran to develop tunable optics for NG-PON 2 Adtran has announced development of its first Subscriber Edge Tunable (SET) optical transceivers, to address several key technology and innovation gaps that have hindered market development for multi-wavelength access networks. According to Adtran, the new tunable 10G optics could save network providers up to 80 per cent in capital and operational costs as they look to upgrade their access infrastructure: “With our new SET optical transceivers, Adtran Labs is VTT and PhoeniX Software develop Si photonics kit addressing the most significant challenge for the economics of NG-PON2.” Supported by the EU-funded ACTPHAST project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and PhoeniX Software have developed a process design kit to support the development of silicon photonics. The kit includes design rules, component examples and simulation models as documents and as a software library for PhoeniX Software solutions. Silicon photonics is under intensive development worldwide in a bid to enable fast optical communication in data centres and other key infrastructures of our digital society. Another goal is the production of affordable and precise sensors for diverse applications.
Within the framework of the Nanoelec Research Technological Institute (IRT) and thanks to developments realised within the European FP7 PLAT4M project, CEA-Leti have been able to provide a very low-cost way to address the challenges of achieving miniaturisation and high- density components. The company’s new MPW, on a 310nm SOI platform, has opened the door for users to create products for long-haul telecom, short- reach Datacom and optical switching in datacentres. The CEA-Leti CMOS 200mm clean room facilities provide an affordable access for prototypes and low volume production of Photonic ICs through two MPW Europeans brokers, Europractice and CMP. The new technology offers high performance grating couplers and options for silicon patterning that allow the design of various passive, also benefit, their customers enjoying enhanced download speeds. The deployment of wireless systems being both fast and relatively low cost, these full duplex, zero footprint systems will provide fast efficient roll out. The technology also lends opportunity to provide “Last Mile” solutions with improved performance and lower costs. Full 10 Gigabit performance gives comparable speeds to the best existing optical networks. One consequence of this will be no more road and pavement digging all the way to the consumer, says RF Com. Internet Protocol TV and Corporate Campus Networks are also applications where great benefit will be derived from the PPC-10G itself to complimenting new and existing fibre optic networks, with the
can be used to track the position of the detector and point it to the laser, but these approaches add quite a bit of complexity. The new light collector uses plastic optical fibers containing organic dye molecules that absorb blue light and emit green light. This setup replaces the classical optics and motion platform typically required to point the light to the collection area. “The fact that these fluorescent optical fibers emit a different colour than they absorb makes it possible to increase the brightness of the light entering the system,” said Tiecke. “This approach has been used in luminescent concentrators for solar light harvesting, where the speed of the color conversion doesn’t matter. We showed that the same concept can be used for communication to circumvent pointing and tracking problems while accomplishing very high speeds.” Gigabit system, they see this as an opportunity to provide enhanced services, where increased speeds would allow the download of a movie to your phone or tablet within 1-2 seconds. Internet service providers will generation of radio links are up to 10 times faster than the technology in current use. When used within the backbone of mobile communication systems such as 4G / LTE and future 5G systems this technology will allow ultrafast downloads and data streaming. Several of the UK’s mobile operators have expressed great interest in the 10 UK-based RF Com in partnership with Elva-1 has announced the launch of what they are calling the world’s first 10Gbps Point to Point radio communications link. These new PPC-10G
CEA-Leti to offer access for a complete PIC module through Multi Project Wafer
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II-VI Inc has announced that it is ramping up shipments of LAN-WDM optics to serve the rapid growth of the 100GBASE-LR4 and ER4 transceiver market. The IEEE 802.3ba standard, which defines 100GBASE- LR4/ER4 transceivers, is based on LAN-WDM, a technology implemented using four optical channels on 800 GHz frequency spacing, each KOC have introduced a new IP LC, with pulling eye fibre solution, that provides robust fibre connections using IP67 rated seals and is ideal for protecting fibre connections in harsh environments, especially to Mobile Communications (Base Stations). The IP LC, which creates a continuously secure dust and weather proof connection, KOC launches new IP connector MRV Communications has agreed a partnership with the Markley Group, operator of the largest data centres and mission-critical telecoms facilities in New England, USA, to provide its OptiDriver platform to create a connection from the Markley Group HQ, in Boston to its new facility in Lowell, Mass. The company’s Boston facility supports global communications and data connectivity through a diverse group of network providers, both domestic and international. The Markley Group’s new 350,000-square-foot location in Lowell, is a 50MW, mission-critical data centre and cloud computing facility aimed at assisting customers with disaster recovery (DR) initiatives. MRV’s award-winning OptiDriver product suite is a best-in-class, carrier- grade, optical transport platform that empowers IT and network managers to do more with less. Whether creating a more manageable
using a silicone ring seal to create a watertight connection, can operate using a variety of cable sizes and under a wide range of operational temperatures for outside plant, from -40°C to 70°C. ROHS and UL-940VO compliant, the product can be used in wind power
Robust: KOC’s new connector
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Viavi accelerates design and deployment of high-speed optical transport technology At ECOC 2016 Viavi will be showcasing its wide portfolio of products that accelerate design and deployment of high speed optical transport technology. Viavi’s ONT family, with its industry reference modules and applications, will be demonstrating the cutting edge in 400G Ethernet and CFP8 validation and test equipment. In addition, deployment of 100G QSFP28 technology. Deep applications for supporting Coherent CFP for pluggable 100G lineside will also be at Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a novel type of photodetector that needs far less space than conventional devices. The component has a base area of less than one millionth of a square millimeter without the data transmission rate being affected adversely. The newly developed photodetectors, the smallest photodetectors worldwide for optical data transmission, can be used for integrated optical circuits that significantly enhance the performance of optical communication systems. KIT develops ultracompact photodetector the full spectrum of 100G and OTN technology addressed by the ONT CFP2 will showcase the very latest applications to keep pace with the accelerating
systems, base stations, industrial equipment,
telecommunications, mobile communication systems and FTTX applications.
II-VI Inc ramps up volume production of its LAN-WDM
“The role of micro-optics in optical networks continues
transmitting at 25 Gb/s. II-VI leverages its high-precision thin-films wavelength division multiplexing technology to build high-performance and low-loss micro-optics assemblies that merge or multiplex these four optical channels at the transmitter end as they are launched into a single-mode fibre, then function in reverse at the receiver end.
to expand, this time in the rapidly growing and
transforming datacentre,” said Wade Tang, General Manager, Advanced Components Division. “Our state of the art thin film filter fabrication facilities has enabled our global leadership in this market, especially in the fibre- to-the-home market.”
Markley Group chooses MRV’s OptiDriver solution to support critical facilities
MRV’s OptiDriver product suite
said Scott St. John, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Service for MRV Communications. “We are continuing to grow our customer base with leading data center operators, like the Markley Group, to support their customers’ growing demand for high bandwidth connectivity and cloud services, as well as to support the virtualisation of their data centre operations.”
data center network or enabling on-demand
reallocation of bandwidth across data center facilities, MRV builds solutions with the intelligence and flexibility needed to streamline service deployments and improve the overall management of network operations. “MRV’s OptiDriver platform is ideally suited to support the growing demand for data center connectivity,”
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Derek Nesset
Optical Access Research Group Leader, BT
To be announced
Philippe Chanclou
Phd, Manager at Orange Labs
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Frank Effenberger
VP Access R&D,Huawei; Chair of ITU-T SG15/Q2
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Chao Lu
Professor, Deputy Leader of Communications Research Group, Poly Univ of HK
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Seb Savory
University Lecturer, Univ of Cambridge
Session 4: Industrial Progress on Systems and Devices
Weiping Huang
Professor,Board Chair, Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technology
Group Leader, Optical Transmission Technology Group, Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD
Daisuke Umeda
To be announced
Dong Pan
CEO & Founder, Sifotonics
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John Marsh
Professor, Univ of Glasgow
To be announced
Timo Aalto
Director, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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A faster future for communications:
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Graphene was first isolated in 2004 by two researchers at The University of Manchester, Prof Andre Geim and Prof Kostya Novoselov, who together won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work. Image courtesy of University of Manchester.
The integration of graphene into silicon photonics will have significant benefits for optical communications, believes the European research initiative Graphene Flagship. By Matthew Peach.
machine-to-machine communication and the Internet of Things (IoT). To enable the IoT and the level of information it requires, current silicon photonics has a problem: it needs ten times more energy than we can provide. So, if we want this new, improved internet age, new technological, power-e cient solutions need to be found. This is why the drive to graphene-based optical communication is so important. Over the past few years, optical communications have increased their viability over standard metal-based electronic interconnects. The current silicon-based photodetector used in optical communications has a major issue when it comes to detecting data in the near infrared range, which is the range used for telecommunications. The telecom industry has overcome this problem by integrating germanium absorbers with the standard silicon photonic devices. They
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R esearchers from the wavelengths. The researchers believe that this development is an important step towards graphene integration in silicon photonics, with consequential benefits for optical communications. The Graphene Flagship has published a paper in the journal NanoLetters, detailing the research, which is based on a collaboration between the University of Cambridge, UK, The Hebrew University, Israel; and John Hopkins University, USA. The Graphene Flagship is a Future and Emerging Technology initiative by the European Commission. With a budget of €1 billion, the Flagship represents a new form of joint, coordinated research on an unprecedented scale, forming Europe’s biggest ever research initiative. The mission of the Flagship is to take graphene out of the academic laboratories, through industry and into society. This aim has been at the forefront of the direction of the Flagship; it focuses on real problem areas where it is believed that graphene will make a real di erence – Graphene Flagship have recently shown how graphene can provide a simple solution for silicon photodetection in the telecommunication
such as in optical communications. Optical communications are increasingly important because they have the potential to solve one of the biggest problems of our information age: energy consumption. Almost everything we do in everyday life consumes information and all of this information is powered by energy. If we want more and more information, we need more and more energy. In the near future, the major consumers of data tra c will be
Graphene based Schottky Photodetector device. Credit: Dr Ilya Goykhman, Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridg e
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