Tag: Optical

January 24, 2023

The pace at which emerging technologies like 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), virtual/augmented reality and advanced data analytics are being adopted is causing unprecedented pressure within mission-critical spaces to accommodate the need for more compute power […]

November 1, 2022

The 8th Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2022) was held in Bangkok, Thailand from October 24 to 28, 2022. Huawei showcased multiple cutting-edge technologies of optical transport networks, demonstrating innovative service ideas and technical practices for global carriers. As global digital services […]

September 22, 2020

Startup Hydromea, a spin-off company from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, has developed a miniature optical modem that can operate down to 6,000 meters below the ocean’s surface. It is sensitive enough to collect data at high speeds […]

March 29, 2017

Graphene offers a potential solution for future integrated photonics communications systems, according to Marco Romagnoli, Head of Advanced Technologies for Integrated Photonics at Italy’s National Laboratory for Photonics Networks (CNIT). He was making the opening presentation at the day-long Graphene […]

February 16, 2016

Nikola Alic, a photonics research scientist at the University of California’s Qualcomm Institute in San Diego, argues that optical research offers the best hope for helping the Internet accommodate the ever-growing flow of multimedia services. “All of today’s information traffic […]