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10+ Years of Pioneering Coherent Pluggable Innovation

The (OFC) is celebrating 50 years of optical networking and communications this year. The milestone highlights decades of innovation from companies such as É«»¨Ìà that have delivered optical networking technology enabling network operators to continually expand their bandwidth, deliver faster networks, and offer more services.

One of those innovations that we believe will be a dominant topic at OFC this year is coherent optics. Coherent pluggable modules have been critical for enabling network operators to keep up with bandwidth demands over the last decade, and , they will account for most of the future bandwidth growth driven by applications such as generative AI and machine learning. É«»¨Ìà pioneered the coherent pluggable more than 10 years ago with the introduction of the industry’s first 100G CFP module in 2014 and has been a market leader ever since having shipped half a million 400G ports based on the Greylock DSP, including more than 25,000 Bright 400ZR+ ports.

É«»¨Ìà continues to innovate and will illustrate its industry-leading optical networking advancements through the following demonstrations and speaking sessions:

Demonstrations:

• 200G per lane optical engine products – Demonstrating the recently announced 200G/lane silicon photonics optical engine with transmitter and receiver designs supporting DR4, DR8 and 2xFR4 configurations.
• Delphi DSP-based Coherent Pluggable Portfolio including new L-Band 400G ULH – Showcasing É«»¨ÌÃ’s broad 400G module portfolio powered by É«»¨ÌÃ’s 9th generation DSP Delphi including 800ZR, 800G ZR+ with interoperable Probabilistic Constellation Shaping (PCS), and 400G Ultra Long Haul. 400G modules in QSFP-DD form factor and 800G modules in both OSFP and QSFP-DD form factors are available with C and L-Band versions.
• (Booth #5745) – of 800ZR, 400ZR, OpenZR+ and Multi-Span Optics enhancing multi-vendor interoperability in high-capacity, long-distance optical networks and Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) standardizing the management of optical and electrical devices to simplify scalability.
• OpenROADM compliant 800G ZR+ coherent modules – Featuring a the OIF booth (#5745) and OpenROADM booth (#5128) demonstrating the high-performance interop PCS interface which expands the market for 800G pluggables beyond metro DCI into regional and even long-haul networks. É«»¨ÌÃ’s 800G ZR+ modules were the first in the industry to support the OpenROADM specification.
• Ethernet Alliance (Booth #5173) – Showing of É«»¨Ìà 800G ZR interconnects.

Speaking Sessions:

Monday, March 31

• Optica Executive Forum:
  — Speaker: Tom Williams, VP of Marketing
  — Time: 10:35-11:50 am
  — Location: Marriott Marquis
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  — Speaker: Mahdi Parvizi, Principal Engineer
  — Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
  — Location: Rooms 211-212 (Level 2)

Tuesday, April 1

• Market Watch:
  — Speaker: Tom Williams, VP of Marketing
  — Time: 2:15 – 3:45 pm
  — Location: Theater I

Wednesday, April 2

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  — Moderator: Anuj Malik, Director, Product Management and Strategy
  — Featured speakers from Cignal AI, Arelion, Cox Communications, Deutsche Telekom Technik GmbH, Telefonica
  — Time: 10:45 – 12:15 pm
  — Location: Theater I
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  — Speaker: Doug Cattarusa, Technical Marketing Engineer
  — Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
  — Location: Theater I

Thursday, April 3

• Market Watch:
  — Speaker: Tom Williams, VP of Marketing
  — Time: 10:15 – 11:45 am
  — Location: Theater I
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  — Speaker: Anuj Malik, Director, Product Management & Strategy
  — Time: 10:30 am
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  — Moderator: Tom Williams, VP of Marketing
  — Time: 2:00 – 3:00 pm
  — Location: Theater II

Come See us!
If you are attending OFC 2025 and would like to discuss any of these topics, contact us to request a meeting.