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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Thorlabs panda polarization-maintaining optical fiber jumper FC/PC


Production of Thorlabs panda polarization-maintaining optical fiber jumper FC/PC narrow pin alignment slow axis, as shown in Figure 1 of the cross section of the fiber is shown. As shown in Figure 2, both ends of a jumper is high quality, narrow pin ceramic FC joint, at the same time with a ceramic round ring (UPC ) and a diameter of 3 mm outer protective layer. Jumper through high quality polished, its typical echo loss is 50dB ( at least 40dB ).
This polarization maintaining optical fiber jumper FC/PC is 2 meters and 5 meters two kinds of selected length, suitable wavelength respectively 405 nm, 488 nm, 630 nm, 780 nm, 980 nm, 1064 nm, 1310 nm, 1550 nm and 2000 nm 9 choices. The factory each jumper is individually tested, ensure the optical fiber connection when the actual extinction ratio and low back reflection ( echo return loss ) to meet the requirements. The jumper has sufficient inventory, in order that day will be able to delivery, at the same time to provide customized services.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

New Avago optical module to solve the data center compatibility issues and to enhance the bandwidth


Avago Technologies recently announced the launch of can improve data center exchange efficiency and bandwidth of the fiber module program. New pluggable parallel optical QSFP+ eSR4 transceiver for the industry's first can solve the 40G and 10G Ethernet Application module products, connection distance proved up to 400 meters, for data center operation with use of the existing 10G connection infrastructure upgrades to the 40G high agility, greatly saves the cost expenditure. Avago QSFP+ eSR4 module in each to integrated 4 10G channels lifting single line card over a bandwidth of three times above, power consumption is only a single channel SFP+ module half.
With the server virtualization and cloud computing development, plus network integration trend, brought a faster and more efficient data center network of greater demand, at present 10G exchanger consists of each line card 48 10G channels, mainly confined to the SFP+ appearance specification. To meet the higher bandwidth requirements, customers can use the Avago QSFP+ eSR4 module developed each line card up to 44 QSFP+ connection port of the cabinet top ( Top-of-Rack ), blade and the module exchanger, brought by QSFP+ up to 176 10G channel products, greatly surpass the 48 existing SFP+ channel. The QSFP+ eSR4 module can be used in high density 10G and 40G polymerization Ethernet Applications, providing different levels of exchanger connected higher flexibility, shorten the delay, and through each channel lower power consumption to bring higher port density.
Avago today also announced the 10G SFP+ QSFP+ iSR4 module connection connectivity products to enter mass production, the use of OM3 multimode optical fiber ( MMF, MultiMode Fiber ) when connecting distance can reach 100 meters, the use of OM4 MMF is up to 150 meters. The new QSFP+ version of eSR4 OM3 MMF is further extended to 300 meters to 400 meters, OM4 MMF. Avago expected this summer began offering QSFP+ eSR4 module sample.
" Has long been with customers and partners to jointly develop solutions to design challenges and meet the higher bandwidth requirements of technology experience, Avago has become a data center optical fiber communication application of a leading manufacturer. " Avago fiber products division vice president and general manager Philip Gadd said, " last year introduced the industry's first 40G Ethernet SR4 module products, our new QSFP+ iSR4 and eSR4 module for data center 10G upgrade to 40G Ethernet, and bring more simple upgrade paths connecting distance. "

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

JDSU new 40G DP-QPSK Transponder coherent modules


On March 5, 2012, JDSU company revealed its 8500 series 40G DP-QPSK ( dual polarization four phase shift keying modulation ) Transponder coherent modules are now beginning to sample shipment. The product adopts ClariPhy communication company of the coherent processing technology. Oclaro MI 5000XM 40G coherent module also uses similar technology ClariPhy.
The JDSU 8500 series Transponder JDSU integrated several optical device, including a coherent receiver ( intradyne coherent receiver ), a tunable laser and a lithium niobate modulator. According to JDSU, the module can support more than 3000 kilometers without compensation optical fiber transmission.
JDSU transmission module marketing vice president Tom Fawcett said: "in the ClariPhy single chip coherence technique and its team's support, we have successfully launched 8500 series Transponder, this is our customer waiting cost efficiency and effectiveness have higher 40G coherent transmission upgrade product. We believe that the product will ship is 40G coherent transmission large-scale deployment of a turning point in. "
ClariPhy CEO and President Nariman Yousefi said: " the launch of a uses its own R & D key optical device and the cost efficiency and effectiveness have higher Transponder, JDSU is accelerating the deployment of 40G coherent transmission. We are very honored to provide JDSU leading SoC solutions, to support JDSU in the development of the field. "
JDSU will in 2012 6-8 day held in Losangeles in March of the United States of America Optical Communications Exhibition and Conference ( OFC/NFOEC ) to display the new.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Xin Yi: optical communication equipment of high capacity rapid expansion of boom


On May 19, 2012 message, communication network wiring system ( optical communication products supporting ) the market demand, production companies to expand quickly, the industry situation better than last year. Since 2010, three major operators began large scale based on optical network broadband network construction. In 2011, the China Telecom strength is the greatest, began to start large-scale fiber to the home. In " China &middot China Telecom broadband network; city " plan as an example, " eleven five" period China Telecom FTTH family 10000000 households ( reportedly, 2010 new FTTP tens of thousands of households), 2011 plans to add optical fiber 30000000 families, to 2013 to cover for a total of 80000000 households. Such a large-scale network infrastructure has created a huge market, can foreknow, " 12th Five-Year Plan" will be the optical communication system, device, equipment manufacturers in the high-speed development period. Especially this year, will be the FTTx expansion one year the biggest, and optical communication equipment manufacturers to develop the most gold ( 1495, -0.80, -0.05% ) year ( reportedly, Jiangsu Telecom as an example, half of the capital expenditure this year will be put into the construction of fiber-optic broadband network. ). And Xin Yi optical communications supporting product is mainly used for fiber to the home.
Currently the production capacity is limited, product delivery pressure, 6-7 month, production capacity will be expanded dramatically. In 2011 1-2 month, because investment is not large, the market relatively cool. But from the beginning of March, the market significantly warmer. The company's main business communications network wiring system of market demand, product delivery pressure ( the company also strive to some intermediate business ). The company has passed actively expand production to meet the demand for orders. The main products of the company this year production is expected to reach more than 1 times last year.
The company's fiber distribution series ( ODM ) products begin to produce full, last year the yield is 11000, the year after the expansion of annual production is expected to increase to more than 1 times; the transfer of cable boxes, near future demand is very strong, the annual production capacity is expected to have several times the growth; optical jumper capacity of around 10000000 last year, this year is expected to expand production capacity more than 1 times compared to the same period last year, and the cost is expected to fall to about 1/3; fiber optic adapter productivity is also with the growth in demand, will reach 3 times last year; in addition, the company injection molding machine is also a substantial expansion, doubling the capacity of the high boost.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

2012Q1 global optical network equipment market plunged 12%


OFweek communication /Valiant May 20, 2011 International News, and a quarter ( fourth quarter 2010) compared to, in the first quarter of this year, although the light hardware sales fell 12%, but the market research firm Infonetics in its latest release in the first quarter of 2011 optical network hardware market analysis report said, looking at the 2011 annual light hardware market, annual still will keep at least a double-digit growth.
Infonetics optical communication market senior analyst, Andrew Schmitt resolute and decisive say: " although the first quarter of 2011, optical communication hardware products glides somewhat, but we still believe in the year 2011, optical communication hardware products will maintain a double-digit growth rate. As for the mobile communication network and the wired broadband backhaul network optical network equipment demand is still rising, and the operators are busy deployment based on OTN and ROADM 40G and 100G optical network, so WDM and packet transmission equipment supplier will continue to profit, while SONET/SDH equipment supply business in the fierce competition in the market hard walk. "
In the first quarter of 2010 to the first quarter of 2011 this year, the global optical network equipment market rose 7%, wherein the single WDM optical network equipment market, the sales growth rate of 20%.
The report also includes the following the content of the data:
If in the first quarter of 2011, Japan and North America the central optical network hardware equipment supplier performance is strong, in which Ciena, Cisco, Fujitsu and NEC are the realization of a digit or two digit growth,
The other large optical network equipment supplier has suffered different degrees of decline, Arun and Huawei are doomed;
And from the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011, the Kita Mihikaru network equipment market gently;
The addition of Asia-Pacific area, all of the remaining area of the optical equipment market to maintain growth level;
If in the first quarter of 2011, ROADM device again refresh history record, get rid of the seasonal effect, then the growth of 4%.
The optical network hardware market analysis report is a collection of all countries and regions of the equipment supplier market share and market size and published a comprehensive report. The report also includes the metropolitan area network and long distance optical transmission network devices ( SONET/SDH, ADM and terminal, metropolitan area network MSPPs and network interconnection products etc. ) WDM ( transmission network equipment, ROADM and long distance cable equipment ) and packet optical transmission system ( P-OTS ).