This marks the 17th year of the OFC/NFOEC exhibition and conference. Finisar is proud to say that we have participated in this show since its inauguration. Each year we attempt to raise the bar a little higher to provide technology demonstrations that exemplify Finisar as an innovator and market leader in the optical communications industry. This year we have several technology demonstrations in our booth including:
- The first public demonstration of a working 120Gb/s link over a CXP-based 12x10G active optical cable as well as the display of a new 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s CFP pluggable transceiver form factor, announced just this week by the CFP MSA
- A 16x Fibre Channel short wave SFP+ transceiver operating over 150 meters of OM3 fiber designed for both telecom and datacom applications. This module provides superior power dissipation and performance and includes components that leverage Finisar’s vertical integration synergies.
- A 40Gb/s DWDM RZ-DQPSK 300pin MSA optical transponder designed for metro core, regional, and long-haul networks. This transponder can be designed into the same line-cards as Finisar’s NRZ-DPSK 300pin transponder as a compatible ‘drop in’ option.
- A family of reconfigurable optical processors called WaveShaper that enable highly flexible wavelength switching and filtering critical for DWDM system and component testing, optical pulse shaping and control, and general optics research and development.
These demos span the breadth of our business – from high-speed links for datacenter and high performance clustering applications, to storage networking applications, to long-haul tunable applications. In short, we hope we have something for everybody. If you happen to be at the show, come by our booth #1734 anytime for a live viewing.
Of course, you can drop me a line here if you’d like to share any cool or interesting technologies you’ve seen at OFC this week.
This marks the 17th year of the OFC/NFOEC exhibition and conference. Finisar is proud to say that we have participated in this show since its inauguration. Each year we attempt to raise the bar a little higher to provide technology demonstrations that exemplify Finisar as an innovator and market leader in the optical communications industry. This year we have several technology demonstrations in our booth including:
o The first public demonstration of a working 120Gb/s link over a CXP-based 12x10G active optical cable as well as the display of a new 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s CFP pluggable transceiver form factor, announced just this week by the CFP MSA
o A 16x Fibre Channel short wave SFP+ transceiver operating over 150 meters of OM3 fiber designed for both telecom and datacom applications. This module provides superior power dissipation and performance and includes components that leverage Finisar’s vertical integration synergies.
o A 40Gb/s DWDM RZ-DQPSK 300pin MSA optical transponder designed for metro core, regional, and long-haul networks. This transponder can be designed into the same line-cards as Finisar’s NRZ-DPSK 300pin transponder as a compatible ‘drop in’ option.
o A family of reconfigurable optical processors called WaveShaper that enable highly flexible wavelength switching and filtering critical for DWDM system and component testing, optical pulse shaping and control, and general optics research and development.
These demos span the breadth of our business – from high-speed links for datacenter and high performance clustering applications, to storage networking applications, to long-haul tunable applications. In short, we hope we have something for everybody. If you happen to be at the show, come by our booth #1734 anytime for a live viewing.
Of course, you can drop me a line here if you’d like to share any cool or interesting technologies you’ve seen at OFC this week.
-Rafik
Welcome to Lightspeed, Finisar’s new blog for the optical communications industry.
My name is Rafik Ward and I’m honored and humbled to serve as the host of this blog. Over time, I will attempt to bring you the inside scoop of what is happening at Finisar. There are always many exciting things going on, many of which may or may not be otherwise communicated as widely to our customers and industry peers. Hopefully this blog will bring some of these exciting conversations, ideas, significant accomplishments and industry milestones to light. For my own sake, since this is a corporate blog, I will try to do this in a way that doesn’t get me fired!
Throughout the course of this blog, I also plan to share little-known details about Finisar’s history with our readers. This is the story of a company founded without any venture capital. A company born from a tiny office in Menlo Park, California that would grow to become the largest optical components vendor in the world.
Now a little about myself: I have been with Finisar for over 6 exciting years. There has never been a dull moment. I have held a variety of progressive roles, including Product Marketing, Product Management, Director of Marketing and now VP of Marketing. I am excited about technology, but I am even more excited about the customers, markets and products which will make the future a reality.
Welcome.
Events | Rafik Ward | 
March 25, 2009 12:46 pm | 
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