For the past five to seven years the most common speed of connection between a Top of Rack (ToR) leaf … More
Category: Fiber Optic Cables
FluxLight GLC-SX-MMD Application: 1Gbps Switch Interconnect with DDM
This application note describes the use of 1000BASE-SX links between small edge/access switches and a larger core/spine switch. This note … More
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: FluxLight 40GBASE-SR-BD Optical Transceiver Application
Upgrading from 10G to 40G Using Existing Fiber This application note presents a use case for a specialized QSFP+ 40G … More
FluxLight Juniper compatible EX-SFP-10GE-SR Optical Transceiver Application
Juniper EX4600 TOR Leaf Switch to IBM Power Sever 980 This application note presents a high-performance, high-availability implementation of Top … More
Rural Internet Access: Time to Migrate GPON to Pt-to-Pt GbE?
In the early 2000’s many telcos deployed GPON Point-to-Multipoint optical networks as an economical architecture for internet access in low-density … More
Active vs. Passive Direct Attach Cables (DAC)
SYNOPSIS (…if you don’t have time to read the whole thing) An Active DAC contains electronics for signal conditioning. A … More
Favorite Colors of Optical Communications
INTRODUCTION What is the ‘favorite’ color for optical communications? The answer is…there are several. Depending on the application, there are … More
Total Internal Reflection
FIBER OPTIC BASICS – TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION Long distance transmission of optical signals over fiber optic cables is possible due … More
32 Terabytes in 1 Second
Two-hundred and fifty-five terabits per second equals about 32 terabytes per second. At that speed, you’re moving more data than … More
Double Down Your Data
Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego are working on a method to more than double the capacity of … More
