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World's first practical surface-emitting laser for optical fiber communications developed: advancing miniaturization, energy efficiency, and cost reduction of light sources

- Development of the world's first practical surface-emitting laser suitable for optical fiber communications systems. - Utilization of quantum dots as an optical gain medium, enabled by NICT's ...
Seeking Alpha

Coherent Announces Optical Circuit Switch for Data Centers

PITTSBURGH, March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (COHR), a global leader in optical communications materials, components, and subsystems, announced today the introduction of a new optical ...
Electronic Design

Tailoring the Design of Transimpedance Amplifiers to Infrared Sensor Apps (Part 2)

For Part 1, click here. High-speed optical communications applications have some high-level transimpedance-amplifier (TIA) circuit similarities with laser rangefinders (LRFs) and LiDAR. However, there ...
SDxCentral

Mission Apollo: Behind Google's optical circuit switching revolution

Over the past few years, Google has been quietly overhauling its data centers, replacing its networking infrastructure with a radical in-house approach that has long been the dream of those in the ...
Nanowerk

Optical metasurface enables gigahertz-speed communication through air

A silicon-lithium niobate metasurface controls light through air at gigahertz speeds, advancing compact systems for optical communication and signal routing. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical systems that ...