Jeff Hecht, Contributing EditorThe technology for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers is growing explosively. First demonstrated only about a decade ago, the VCSEL is a major...
There's no avoiding the fact that China now dominates the optical networking industry. True, it's not the largest market (although it is the fastest growing) or the most technically...
Stephen J. Matthews, Contributing EditorNetwork downtime and congestion result in financial losses for users and revenue penalties for carriers. The performance of optical networks...
Joseph E. GortychIntellectual property (IP) is the somewhat pretentious name used to describe various forms of creative works, the rights to which can be protected using legal...
Jocelyn LauzonOptical fibers developed for telecommunications have always been made to meet severe transmission attenuation and dispersion specifications, but rarely has the constraint...
Robert V. Steele and Eric A. BerglesAs North America and Europe continue to experience a prolonged slump in the market for optical communications equipment and components, China...
To advance in parallel with the evolution of the component and network elements, test-and-measurement equipment must meet new requirements. Advanced erbium-doped fiber amplifiers...
Philip Duggan, Maurice Tremblay, Nisan Rowhani, and Manjeet S. NerCurrent optical networks are mostly "fixed" with a limited degree of flexibility. Service providers need agile...
A hybrid fiberoptic adapter sleeve has different end diameters to allow fiberoptic connectors to mate with ferrules of different diameters. It can be used within a variety of ...
