Autumn 2013 Optical Connections Magazine

Autumn 2013 Optical Connections Magazine

Issue 1 | September 2013

The Year in 12 Stories p8 Is silicon photonics an industry game-changer? p14 Guiding Europe through the FTTH funding maze p16 The dawn of collaborative multi-layer networking p18 Space division multiplexed systems using few mode fibre p20 European industry, are we ready! p22 Evolution of signal quality analyzers to multilevel signal generation p24 100G makes waves in the metro p26 Spectral manipulation and analysis for advanced optical communications systems p28 Software-defined optical networks p29 Reducing operating expense in fibre access networks p30 Consumer electronics: the next frontier for optical communications? p12

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Contents

In this issue

ECOC 2013 Exhibition Official Sponsors

Message from the Sponsor

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Industry News

4-6

The Year in 12 Stories

8

Consumer electronics: the next frontier for optical communications?

12

By Pauline Rigby

Is silicon photonics an industry game-changer?

14

By Roy Rubenstein, Gazettabyte

Guiding Europe through the FTTH funding maze

16

By Hartwig Tauber, FTTH

The dawn of collaborative multi-layer networking

18

By Ori Gerstel, CISCO

Space division multiplexed systems using few mode fibre - EU project MODE-GAP 20 By Dr Ian Giles, MODE-GAP

European industry, are we ready!

22

By Carlos Lee, EPIC

Evolution of signal quality analyzers to multilevel signal generation

24

By Alessandro Messina, Anritsu

100G makes waves in the metro

26

By Pauline Rigby

Spectral manipulation and analysis for advanced optical communication systems 28 By Simon Poole, Finisar

ECOC Exhibition 2013 Official Media Partners

Software-defined optical networks

29

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- Transforming the optical Layer into a programmable resource By Jorg-Peter Elbers, ADVA

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Reducing operating expense in fibre access networks

30

By Max Penfold, UTEL

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Message from Sponsor

Anritsu are once again focusing on ECOC as the major European Optics Exhibition, and honoured to continuously be one of the sponsors of the show. In 2013 we continue to see technology convergence of the Telecomms Industry and the Computing Industry, with common push to innovation. Message from the Sponsor

building roadmaps to a future of lower power consumption, increased integration allowing more transmission ports in less space, and reduced costs. In the Test and Measurement arena, this evolution requires new intelligent test solutions to support research, development, production and deployment operations. Anritsu recently renewed and improved its most representative and leading R&D test platform, the MP1800 Signal Quality Analyser, adding new intelligent features, such as Automatic Emphasis configuration, Jitter Analysiswith J2/ J9, Pulse Amplitude Modulations, High Speed Multichannel Synchronous Transmission for testing complex modulations, thus supporting advanced research for high transmission speeds, at and beyond 400Gbps. Many key customers, working with Silicon Photonics, very high speed signals, and in the>Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32

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