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QSFP-DD MSA Announces Initial Release of 1.6 Tbps Pluggable QSFP-DD Specification

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Friday, September 29, 2023

The Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) group announced today at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2023) the release of a hardware specification revision 7.0.

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  • The Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) group announced today at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2023) the release of a hardware specification revision 7.0.
  • This new release updates the existing QSFP-DD MSA specification and introduces the QSFP-DD1600 module variant to drive further improvements in performance, scalability and power handling.
  • The new specification maintains the form factor’s eight electrical lanes with each lane operating at the new higher 200 Gbps rate to provide an aggregate module bandwidth capacity of 1.6 Tbps.
  • The 1.6 Tbps host port maintains backwards compatibility with the entire family of QSFP and QSFP-DD modules and cables.

Lumentum 200G PAM4 EMLs Honored by 2023 Lightwave Innovation Reviews

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Monday, February 13, 2023

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumentum Holdings Inc. ("Lumentum"), a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, announced today that its 200G PAM4 externally-modulated lasers (EMLs) were recognized by the 2023 Lightwave Innovation Reviews. An esteemed and experienced panel of judges from the optical communications community recognized Lumentum as a high-scoring honoree. In the optical components category, Lumentum's 200G PAM4 EMLs scored 4.5 out of 5.

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  • SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumentum Holdings Inc. (" Lumentum "), a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, announced today that its 200G PAM4 externally-modulated lasers ( EMLs ) were recognized by the 2023 Lightwave Innovation Reviews .
  • In the optical components category, Lumentum's 200G PAM4 EMLs scored 4.5 out of 5.
  • "We are honored to receive such recognition from Lightwave," said Nicolas Herriau, Lumentum Vice President and General Manager, Datacom.
  • "On behalf of the Lightwave Innovation Reviews, I would like to congratulate Lumentum on their high-scoring honoree status," said Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy.

Lightwave Logic Issues Shareholder Letter and Provides Corporate Update

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Monday, December 19, 2022

We continued working with our packaging partner in 2022 to package our polymer modulators into traditional gold-boxes for reliability testing and evaluation.

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  • We continued working with our packaging partner in 2022 to package our polymer modulators into traditional gold-boxes for reliability testing and evaluation.
  • Looking ahead to 2023, we see a significant cadence of likely catalysts to drive forward long-term shareholder value creation.
  • Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG) is developing a platform leveraging its proprietary engineered electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power.
  • The company's high-activity and high-stability organic polymers allow Lightwave Logic to create next-generation photonic EO devices, which convert data from electrical signals into optical signals, for applications in data communications and telecommunications markets.

Lightwave Logic and Polariton Technologies Announce World-Class Figure of Merit for Plasmonic Polymer Optical Modulators

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and RUSCHLIKON, Switzerland, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG), a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power, today provided a world-class figure-of merit performance for modulators using electro-optical polymers and a plasmonic device design in conjunction with Polariton Technologies.  Building from the world record performance and demonstration of a 250 GHz super high bandwidth electro-optical-electrical (EOE) link that was presented at ECOC1 through a collaboration with ETH Zurich, these latest figure of merit results show the potential for extreme power savings for optical network equipment and demonstrate clearly that polymer-based technology platforms are positioned well for general implementation.   

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  • These results were achieved using Polariton's electro-optic polymer-based plasmonic devices with Lightwave's electro-optic materials, with a bandwidth greater than 250GHz.
  • This figure of merit will allow ultra-low voltage operation and, enabled by Polariton's plasmonic modulator, the ability to carry significantly more data per modulator while consuming much less power.
  • With a decade of experience in plasmonic circuits, we value the collaboration with Lightwave Logic having supplied this excellent high-performance electro-optic material.
  • Polariton Technologies Ltd. designs and manufactures plasmonic PICs, featuring the world's fastest and smallest electro-optic modulators, thus creating a solution that overcomes the interconnect bottleneck in optical communications.

Lumentum Wins ECOC 2022 Data Center Innovation/Best Product Award for its High-Performance 200G PAM4 EMLs

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Lumentum Holdings Inc. (" Lumentum "), a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, announced that its 200G PAM4 externally-modulated lasers (EMLs) received the European Conference on Optical Communication ( ECOC ) Exhibition Industry Awards 2022 for the Data Center Innovation/Best Product category.

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  • SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Lumentum Holdings Inc. (" Lumentum "), a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, announced that its 200G PAM4 externally-modulated lasers (EMLs) received the European Conference on Optical Communication ( ECOC ) Exhibition Industry Awards 2022 for the Data Center Innovation/Best Product category.
  • Lumentum's first-to-market 200G PAM4 EMLs leverage thirty years of technology expertise to deliver industry-leading performance and quality to data center operators seeking to scale their data centers for future needs.
  • "Lumentum has led the industry through multiple generations of increased intra-data center transmission rates leveraging market-leading innovation and exceptional quality.
  • We are excited to work with customers and data center operators to accelerate their transition to the next generation of switching and architectures with our 200G PAM4 EMLs."

Source Photonics Wins ECOC Industry Award for its Family of Telecom Grade 400G QSFP-DD and 100G QSFP28 PAM4 Product Solutions for Optical Transport Applications

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

ECOC created the fiber communication industry awards in six categories to put the spotlight on technology and product commercialization happening within the industry.

Key Points: 
  • ECOC created the fiber communication industry awards in six categories to put the spotlight on technology and product commercialization happening within the industry.
  • The awards recognize and highlight key industry achievements in advancing optical components, photonic integration, optical transport, networking, data center innovation and FTTx access.
  • This represents a significant breakthrough for extending 100G PAM4 technology into OTN transport area, and this award is a testament of our continued commitment and leadership position in optical transport market.
  • After careful consideration, our judges determined Source Photonics 100G and 400G OTU dual rate transceiver solutions represents significant achievements in optical transport Source Photonics are well deserved winner of this award category.

New 400G MACOM PURE DRIVE™  Chipset Enables Linear Architectures    

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Monday, September 19, 2022

MACOM will brand these new linear drivers and TIAs as MACOM PURE DRIVE.

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  • MACOM will brand these new linear drivers and TIAs as MACOM PURE DRIVE.
  • These devices target linear architectures where the optical transceiver replaces digital signal processors (DSPs) with an analog integrated circuit (IC) to provide linear signal recovery at the electro-optical interface.
  • Expected key benefits of MACOM PURE DRIVE solutions compared to standard DSP-based architectures include:
    The MACOM PURE DRIVE chipset has been designed to support broad dynamic ranges, linear equalization and low noise amplification to enable direct connection to switch and server ASICs.
  • The MACOM PURE DRIVE chipset includes a 4x100G multi-mode fiber VCSEL driver and a 4x100G single mode fiber EML/silicon photonics driver (die or packaged).

Source Photonics Reveals High Speed 25G/50G PON Access Solutions at ECOC 2022

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Monday, September 19, 2022

According to Julie Kunstler, Chief Analyst at Omdia stated, Omdia is forecasting uptake of both 25G PON and 50G PON.

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  • According to Julie Kunstler, Chief Analyst at Omdia stated, Omdia is forecasting uptake of both 25G PON and 50G PON.
  • The newly developed SOA integrated EMLs of high launching power by Source Photonics empower the delivery of high performance 25G/50G PON OLT transceivers, Source Photonics is accepting sampling orders now.
  • Source Photonics 25G and 50G PON OLT solutions include:
    QSFP28 form factor with SC/UPC for bi-direction transmission, optical and electrical speed at downstream are 49.7664Gbps NRZ and 2x24.8832Gbps NRZ respectively, optical speed at upstream is 24.8832Gbps with burst mode reception.
  • Source Photonics will be participating in ECOCs exhibition this year and will showcase its complete PON family of XGS, 25G and 50G products for PON access market at Source Photonics Booth #211.

Semtech Announces Production Release of New Lower Power Tri-Edge™ 50G PAM4 CDR Receiver for 200G and 400G Data Center Applications

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Monday, September 19, 2022

The initial production availability of the next generation Tri-Edge GN2559S receiver is moving the needle for the strong and fast growing PAM4 data center market.

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  • The initial production availability of the next generation Tri-Edge GN2559S receiver is moving the needle for the strong and fast growing PAM4 data center market.
  • Building upon the Tri-Edge PAM4 SR CDR chipset, which was successfully developed for major Cloud data centers, the GN2559S will offer more power saving and enhanced receiver performance, said Tim Vang, vice president, marketing and applications for Semtechs Signal Integrity Products Group.
  • With 400mW power reduction from the previous generation receiver, the GN2559S enables industry best in class power consumption for both SR and LR data center optical interconnects.
  • Semtech and the Semtech logo are registered trademarks or service marks, and Tri-Edge is a trademark or service mark, of Semtech Corporation or its affiliates.

Source Photonics Surpasses 2.5 Million Mark in High Speed 28G/53G EML Chip shipments and Adds 100G EML Chips to its Market Leading EML Portfolio

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Monday, September 19, 2022

In addition to high end EML chips, Source Photonics exceeds the shipments of over 100 million pieces of 2.5G, 10G and 25G FP/DFB, and 10G EML chips for PON access and wireless fronthaul markets.

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  • In addition to high end EML chips, Source Photonics exceeds the shipments of over 100 million pieces of 2.5G, 10G and 25G FP/DFB, and 10G EML chips for PON access and wireless fronthaul markets.
  • Source Photonics manufactures its InP state-of-the-art EMLs for 100G PAM4 operation in its internal high-volume fab in Taiwan with expertise of leading the market for EML performance and quality.
  • We are excited to announce this key milestone of shipping 2,500,000 high speed EML chips as it's both an extraordinary achievement for optics market and for Source Photonics.
  • Source Photonics has embarked the development of 200G PAM4 EML chips to its market leading EML portfolio for achieving modulation bandwidth of over 60GHz.