Methods to Make Coherent Optics Small and Pluggable: Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 23 notes

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Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 23

Cisco Optics Podcast Episode 23. Methods to Make Coherent Optics Small and Pluggable, with Tom Williams. Half 4 of 5.

Coherent optics have been the go-to answer for high-end optical transport techniques for years. Finally, these optics have been modularized and with current advances in DSP design and optics manufacturing, this expertise is now accessible in small kind issue pluggable modules. Cisco acknowledged the significance of this expertise and bought the trade’s chief on this house, Acacia Communications in March of 2021. In Episode 23, we proceed our dialog with Tom Williams, Director of Technical Advertising and marketing, who joined Cisco by way of the Acacia acquisition. We speak about basic limits of communication after which get into requirements.
– Pat Chou, Cisco Optics Product Supervisor

Tom Williams leads advertising efforts for the Acacia coherent optics group that was acquired by Cisco in March 2021. Tom has spent over 20 years creating optical transmission gear starting from 10G to 1.2T. He participates in quite a lot of coherent standardization actions in OIF, IEEE and Open ROADM and is co-chair of the OpenZR+ MSA. Tom spent almost 15 years in varied administration roles at Optium, the place he participated within the firm’s 2006 IPO and 2008 acquisition by Finisar. Tom joined Acacia in 2015, the place his function has included company and product advertising duty, in addition to contributing to product roadmap definitions.

Associated hyperlinks

Cisco Optics-to-Machine Compatibility Matrix
Cisco Optics-to-Optics Interoperability Matrix
Cisco Optics Product Data

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Timestamps

2:24     Addressing higher limits in information charge
3:45     The Shannon restrict
4:11     Maximizing capability inside channel bandwidth
8:33     Utility dependent trade-offs
9:32     Requirements for coherent optics (e.g. 400G ZR)
14:18   Standardizing pluggable coherent optics

Music credit

Sunny Morning by FSM Crew
Upbeat by Mixaund

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