News tagged with optical interface

On the path to 1 terabit-per-second networks

As IP traffic continues to increase and the router interface rate extends beyond 100 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s), future optical networks—ones that would achieve unprecedented speeds of 1 terabit-per-second (Tb/s)—will ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

World's first demonstration of multi-vendor equipment interoperability in transmitting 100 gigabit ethernet signals over

Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corporation, and Anritsu Corporation today jointly announced that, in field tests, for the first time in the world they successfully demonstrated interoperability testing for optical network interface ...

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Optical surface states in magnetophotonic crystals

Using state of the art microfabrication technology to create periodic structures with high accuracy, Dr Baryshev and colleagues at the Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, report the existence of so-called ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fujitsu Introduces Advanced 40 Gbps Coherent Optics

Fujitsu announced today the addition of third generation 40 Gbps optical interfaces to its industry leading FLASHWAVE 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) platform.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Computing with a wave of the hand (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone’s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 7

Discovery brings new type of fast computers closer to reality

Physicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called "excitons" that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type of extremely ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Sep 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (35) | comments 1

MSU scientists to design optics for new solar mission

Montana State University scientists are involved in a new space mission to figure out how energy is transferred through the sun's atmosphere.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2