According to CIR (CommunicationsIndustryResearchers) latest report, "2015 Active Optical Cable Market: data centers and high-performance computing market," in 2020 for the data center of the active optical cable (AOC) market will reach $ 4.2 billion.

Market research firm IHS Infonetics latest optical networking market research report, the global optical network market in the third quarter reached $ 2.95 billion, from the previous quarter fell 10% year on year over the same period fell 1.7%. Last quarter of the global optical network market has 21% of the chain growth.

Optical transmission equipment manufacturers Optelian recently launched MPX-9XXX series of two transmission platform for its 100Gbps new muxponder product.

Has been in the Internet industry, we all know that Facebook is developing its own software and hardware products, and they are trying to guide the development of this area, OCP open computing platform is an example. The company recently announced that it is independent of the development of next-generation data center with top of the rack TOR 100Gbps Ethernet switches.

Optical module types include 1 × 9, SFF, SFP, GBIC, XENPAK, XFP, SFP+ and 10G optical modules above.

Optical interface is connected to the fiber optic cable physical interface. Usually SC, ST, LC, FC and other types. For 10Base-F connections, usually ST type connectors, and the other end connected to the optical fiber FC step bobbin. FC (Ferrule Connector), to strengthen its external way is to use a metal sleeve, fastening means for the turnbuckle. ST interface is typically used for 10Base-F, SC interfaces typically used to 100Base-FX and GBIC, LC typically used for SFP.

Gigabit optical interface can operate in two modes enforcement and auto-negotiation. 802.3 specification only supports gigabit optical port rate 1000M to support full-duplex and half-duplex duplex mode.

Communication with the fiber from the outer cover of plastic protective layer composed of glass as thin as a hair. Glass substantially consists of two parts: the core diameter of 9 to 62.5μm, the cover having a diameter of 125μm low refractive index of a glass material. Although according to the materials used and the dimensions of different points there are other types of fiber, but mentioned here are the most common that several. Light in the core portion of the fiber to the "total internal reflection" mode for transmission, but also refers to an end after the light enters the fiber, at the interface between the core and the cladding reflected back and forth, and then transferred to the other end of the fiber. Core diameter of 62.5μm, cladding outer diameter of 125μm fiber called 62.5/125μm light.

Fiber is the transmission of light wave conductors. Optical fiber from the optical transmission mode can be divided into single-mode fiber and multimode fiber.

Event Update: 10Gtek will be present at SC 15, held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, NOV 16-19, 2015, with a booth to display its latest release: 100G QSFP28 DAC Cable, 25G SFP28 DAC Twinax Cables and optical transceivers, etc.