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OFC 2026: Coherent

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SAXONBURG, PA, March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in photonics, today announced that it will showcase a comprehensive portfolio of next-generation pluggable optical technologies at OFC 2026, spanning 1.6T, 3.2T, and emerging architectures for 12.8T and beyond. The demonstrations highlight Coherent’s multi-technology platform strategy – encompassing Silicon Photonics (SiPh), Indium Phosphide (InP), and VCSEL-based solutions – designed to enable scalable, power-efficient connectivity for AI-driven data center infrastructure.

Qorvo® Introduces Next-Generation Matter™ Solution with Industry Leading Energy Efficiency

in communications / components January 31, 2025

Qorvo®, a global leader in connectivity and power solutions, has unveiled its latest system-on-chip (SoC) solution designed for smart home devices. Now available for sampling by key customers, this next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) solution incorporates Qorvo’s innovative ConcurrentConnect™ technology, which enables multi-network support for Matter™, Zigbee®, and Bluetooth® Low Energy. The solution offers exceptional energy efficiency, providing a scalable, turnkey option for a wide range of smart home applications.

Coherent introduces industry-first I-temp 100g ZR QSFP28-DCO module for expanded application in edge and access networks

in communications / components March 22, 2024

Starvoy Technologies reprents Coherent across Canada – feel free to contact us for further information. Blog post & image from Coherent.

Designed for deployment in outdoor street cabinets and pole-mount physical plants in edge and access networks, the Coherent I-temp 100G ZR QSFP28-DCO transceiver is ideal for customers who need transceivers that support a wider operating temperature range. These transceivers can be installed directly onto already deployed access network equipment with QSFP28 ports. Examples include optical line terminals (OLTs) and aggregation switches and routers for midhaul and backhaul applications.

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“…is ideal for customers who need transceivers that support a wider operating temperature range. These transceivers can be installed directly onto already deployed access network equipment with QSFP28 ports”

“The Coherent 100G ZR QSFP28-DCO platform is built on our internally developed 100G digital signal processor. We are excited to continue to add new product variants that serve our customers’ needs, like the high transmit output power version for metro ROADM applications that was announced last fall and the industrial operating temperature version that we are announcing today,” said Matthias Berger, VP, Coherent Technology. “Since the launch of these products, we’ve experienced tremendous interest, and we believe that with these new versions, we can continue to grow the number of applications and use cases for the 100G ZR QSFP28-DCO transceiver family, pushing coherent technology ever further toward the network edge.”

Utilizing the Steelerton™ digital signal processor (DSP), a purpose-built DSP component family launched in 2022, the new module is optimized for the lowest power consumption in a compact transceiver size. The DSP is paired with an efficient silicon photonics optical front-end and a power-optimized tunable laser, now enhanced to support a wider operating temperature range, resulting in module power consumption of less than 6 W at a case temperature of 85°C.

In 2023, Coherent was the first to offer this solution in C-temp (commercial temperature: 0°C to 70°C). The company is now the first in the industry to extend its performance to the industrial temperature range to enable even broader deployment opportunities.

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Driving even faster Datacom

in communications February 2, 2024

See why the rapid growth in AI/ML is driving a demand for faster datacom enabled by innovative Coherent solutions.

Starvoy Technologies reprents Coherent across Canada – feel free to contact us for further information. Blog post & image from Coherent.

Coherent has been a leader in datacom solutions for decades. From their viewpoint, AI isn’t new, in the sense that the optical connectivity solutions are the same as those used in mainstream networking It’s just been getting more attention recently due to the hyperscale data centers deploying massive machine learning networks, and the expectation that increasing trends in AI-powered consumer apps will drive further cloud expansion.

RF Components for Radar: Overview and Trends

in communications / components January 24, 2024

Starvoy Technolgies represents Knowles Precision Devices across Canada – the below recently appeared on Knowles’ blog. For further information on the below – reach out to your account manager, or [email protected]

Radar systems are designed to detect and identify an object’s location. They use short bursts of energy to transmit radio frequency (RF) and microwave signals and gather information from the echoed signal returned by the object.

Here, we’ll introduce radar, including its key functional units and technological evolution.

Knowles: Resonant Wireless Power Transfer in Implantable Medical Devices

in communications / components / power December 12, 2023

Starvoy Technolgies represents Knowles Precision Devices across Canada – the below recently appeared on Knowles’ blog. For further information on the below – reach out to your account manager, or [email protected]

With the rising prevalence of cardiovascular, orthopedic, and other chronic conditions, and an increase in the number of patients needing care, the demand for implantable medical devices continues to increase.

Coherent Unveils Industry’s First 800G ZR/ZR+ Transceiver in Ultracompact QSFP-DD Pluggable Form Factor for Optical Communications

in communications December 7, 2023

Starvoy Technologies reprents Coherent across Canada – feel free to contact us for further information. Blog post & image from Coherent.

This new transceiver leverages the 140 GBaud IC-TROSA from Coherent, which was announced and demonstrated at ECOC 2023

Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a leader in high-speed optical networking technology, today announced the introduction of its 800G ZR/ZR+ transceiver in ultracompact QSFP-DD and OSFP form factors for optical communications networks.

Knowles: Power Divider Basics

in communications / components / power October 25, 2023

Starvoy Technolgies represents Knowles Precision Devices across Canada – the below recently appeared on Knowles’ blog. For further information on the below – reach out to your account manager, or [email protected]

Radio frequency (RF) power dividers are designed to split an incoming signal into multiple outputs such that there’s a portion of the original signal’s power in each output. Given their critical function, power dividers play a particularly important role in antenna systems, telecommunications, and signal processing.

Coherent: Datacom innovation in the AI Era

in communications / components September 29, 2023

How Coherent is powering innovation in artificial intelligence and machine learning for next-generation datacenters. Blog post from Coherent.

In the world of transceivers, change is the only constant — and we are in the early days of a step- change thanks to advances in artificial intelligence. Finisar (now Coherent) was a pioneer in pluggable transceivers so much so that the name Finisar became almost synonymous with transceivers.

From telecom networks to enterprise datacenters to web 2.0 hyperscalers, much has changed over the past two decades because of evolutionary and revolutionary changes in the key market drivers.
Today, we’re seeing another major market transition, namely the dramatic growth in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). These applications will define the next chapter in the optical transceiver story – a chapter we are already writing here at Coherent.

It’s an important story because transceivers are a critical if invisible part of the modern world we live in. Whether we realize it or not, most of us use the fiber optic network and transceivers on a daily basis.

Instrumentation News – Coherent’s WaveShaper, WaveAnalyzer & WaveMaker

in communications / instruments February 23, 2023

Below are some updates from Coherent, a leading provider of test and measurement instruments for optical communications technology, including solutions designed for the Super-C Band.

For further information, feel free to reach out to the Starvoy team to arrange a meeting at our Kanata Test & Measurement Lab, one of our other offices, or whilst we are visiting OFC (6th – 9th March 2023, San Diego).

Introducing WaveShaper® 1000B and 4000B covering the Super C-Band

Coherent introduces the WaveShaper 1000B and 4000B covering the Super C-Band. The 1000B has a 1×1 and the 4000B a 1×4 port configuration. Both units support arbitrary spectral filter shapes of attenuation and phase across the entire operating range from 1523.142 nm to 1573.301 nm. A minimum filter bandwidth of 10 GHz (FWHM) is available. When selecting the “High Resolution” mode – which applies a double pass configuration inside the instrument – the minimum bandwidth reduces to 8 GHz.