Lightwave

Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy caught up with Brandon Collings, CTO of the CCOP business unit at JDSU, to discuss where 100G enabling technology is now and where to expect it to go in the future. Collings offers his opinion on a variety of subjects, including whether there’s much of a future for direct detect on the line side.

Ed Murphy, senior director within the CCOP Office of the CTO at JDSU, shares his view of line side and client side 100G module evolution with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy. Murphy also touches upon the technologies that will be necessary to support these new 100-Gbps optical transceiver modules.

Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy talks with Integra Vice President of Product and Offer Management Michael Kozlowski about the service provider’s current 100-Gbps deployment. Kozlowski discusses how the deployment is going, test requirements, and the company’s open mind when it comes to 100G technology in the metro.

Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy interviews Verizon Director of Optical Transport Networks Glenn Wellbrock on the carrier’s experiences with 100G. Topics range from how well the coherent technology has met expectations, how test requirements have changed, and metro plans. He also discusses the carrier’s recent 200G tests.

Infinera Director of Solutions & Technology Geoff Bennett tackles several myths that may still hold sway in the 100G market. Bennett tackles such subjects as silicon photonics versus photonic integrated circuits, whether Infinera can maintain its lead in PICs, whether 400G really is the next step after 100G, and what one has to do to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Before you can deploy 100G on your fiber-optic network, you have to have some fiber. Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber, describes how the increasing demand for 100G services is driving the need for dark fiber and colocation not just between the NFL cities, but around the country.

Coherent technology is designed to overcome impairments such as chromatic and polarization mode dispersion. But, depending upon your application, that doesn’t mean you can retire your dispersion measurement equipment. Francis Audet, who works in the Office of the CTO at EXFO, describes the challenges coherent technology brings to network test and how to solve them.

Andre Kriger, director of fiber optics at Telefónica Brazil, describes his country’s FTTH program in this interview with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy. He discusses the challenges Telefónica Brazil has faced with the deployment of FTTH and how they have solved them.

Carriers in Latin America are showing an increasing interest in fiber to the home (FTTH). The FTTH Council’s Latin America Chapter is supporting this movement by providing information on the benefits of FTTH and best practices for FTTH deployment. Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy recently spoke with Gilberto “GG” Guitarte, president of the FTTH Council LATAM Chapter, about FTTH in Latin America, the chapter’s recent annual conference, and plans for the future.

Is there much of a market for 100G in the data center right now? Not really, according to LightCounting Principal Analyst Dale Murray. Murray discusses what needs to happen for that to change with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy.

OFC/NFOEC 2013 is in the books. In this final podcast, Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy reviews his highlights regarding 100G announcements and demonstrations on both the line and client side. He also offers a few thoughts about silicon photonics.

Vladimir Kozlov, founder and CEO of market research firm LightCounting, offers his take on 2012 in line side and client side 100G transceiver sales, as well as what he expects in 2013. He also points out the difficulty technologists will face as they attempt to enable the next generation of 200-Gbps and 400-Gbps data rates.

Photonic integration will be a necessary enabler for lower cost 100-Gbps transmission. In this interview with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy, OneChip Photonics Inc. Vice President, Product Line Management Andy Weirich describes his company’s approach based on Indium Phosphide (InP). He provides examples of what’s possible in InP and makes the case for why this path may prove more fruitful than alternatives such as silicon photonics.

Integrable tunable laser assemblies (ITLAs) are an essential building block for coherent transmission. The advent of micro-ITLAs promises to not only drive down costs and improve efficiency for current 100G applications, but open the door to wider deployments. EMCORE’s Vice President, Business Development Jaime Reloj provides details to Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy, with a particular emphasis on cost-effective 100G for metro applications.

Rick Talbot, senior analyst, transport and routing infrastructure for Current Analysis, offers his options on 100-Gbps for metro applications in this interview with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy. Rick reviews the different technological options and makes his picks for which ones are likely to gain the most traction.

Ovum optical networking analyst Ron Kline offers his views on how robust the 100G market will be in 2013 in this interview with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy. He also discusses whether there is still room to differentiate through innovation, what to expect for 100G prices, and how vendors and carriers will use today’s 100G technology to set the stage for even higher data rates in the future.