Archive for the ‘waveshaper’ Category
Finisar Australia, oh so nice!
No CommentsPosted by simonpoole on June 8, 2010
As you may have read recently, Finisar is now the number 1 WSS/ROADM supplier globally, with a particular strength in high-performance WSS for 50GHz channel spacing. As I discussed in my last post the flexibility of our core LCoS technology means that we’re extremely well positioned to meet the needs of upcoming flex-grid [...]
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WaveShaper Coming to CLEO
No CommentsPosted by simonpoole on May 11, 2010
Come one, come all! For those of you planning to attend CLEO/IQEC next week at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, we invite you to visit Finisar booth #1218. From May 18-20, our illustrious technical team, including our staff from down under, will be on-hand to demonstrate the WaveShaper family of Programmable Optical Processors. Based [...]
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Video: WaveShaper M-Series Demonstration at OFC 2010
No CommentsPosted by simonpoole on April 28, 2010
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OFC – One More Time
No CommentsPosted by simonpoole on April 21, 2010
Well, OFC now seems a distant memory and the pleasures and fleshpots of the San Diego nightlife are unlikely to be reprised until 2015 at the earliest. However, a couple of key take-aways stand out for me now that the dust has settled.
The first is how quickly silicon is becoming a key part [...]
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Introducing A New Lightspeed Column: Out of His Depth by Simon Poole
2 CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on December 10, 2009
This month I am excited to introduce a new Lightspeed blog column, “Out of His Depth” to be hosted by Dr. Simon Poole, Director of New Business Ventures for Finisar Australia. For those of you not so familiar with Simon, here’s some colorful background:
Simon is an engineer and entrepreneur with nearly 30 years experience in [...]
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Video: Finisar WaveShaper S-Series Demonstration
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on October 14, 2009
In September 2009 we introduced our WaveShaper™ S-Series for Optical R&D and Test Applications. We took the opportunity to demonstrate these enhanced optical processors at ECOC last month. Based on the powerful LCoS platform, these processors provide advanced arbitrary filter generation and switching capabilities to simplify and increase the precision of optical system development and [...]
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Introducing Finisar’s New WaveShaper S-Series
No CommentsPosted by simonpoole on September 16, 2009
My last posting on mixed channel plans for Wavelength Selective Switches mentioned using our WaveShaper Programmable Optical Processor to create a WSS with arbitrary channel centre frequencies and bandwidth. Today, I’d like to dig into the new S-Series range of WaveShapers to give a better idea of the flexibility of the LCoS technology [...]
