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What Is SFP Fiber Module?

Nowadays, almost all enterprise-class switches include two or more SFP (small form-factor pluggable) ports, allowing them to become part of a ring or star-based network topology spread among different buildings, floors or areas, and connec…

Datasheet of 40G QSFP Module

When it comes to selecting 40G QSFP modules, customers may be dazzled by the various products provided by various suppliers. Some of them may directly purchase from big brands like Cisco. Actually, except for those well known brands, many …

What is Polarization-Maintaining Fiber (PM Fiber)

Polarization-maintaining optical fiber (PM fiber) is a special optical fiber with strong built-in birefringence, which can preserve the properly oriented linear polarization of an input beam. Usually, optical fibers will exhibit some degre…

Third-party Transceiver Solutions for Ubiquiti Switches

As we all know, Ubiquiti is a famous company that provides various kinds of switches, including Edge Switch, Edge Router, UniFi Switch. What does attract more attention is, this company firstly published its own SFP and SFP+ fiber optic tr…

Why Not Deploy 100G Ethernet Network?

Transceivers like Cisco SFP+, Juniper SFP+ are always used for deploying 10G Ethernet network, while transceivers like Cisco QSFP+, Juniper QSFP+ are chosen to deploy 40G Ethernet network if the network capacity and speed provided by the 1…

In-Depth Study of CWDM Transceivers

It is easy to learn that CWDM stands for Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing, which belongs to one of WDM technologies. With the fast development and gradual maturity of WDM technologies, CWDM technology becomes popularly used in recen…

QSFP-40G-UNIV Transceiver—an Ideal Solution for Data Center Upgrade

When choosing 40G transceiver for upgrading your system, you may always find various transceivers that satisfy your needs. For instance, 40G-QSFP-SR4-INT, QFX-QSFP-40G-SR4 are widely applied for 40G short distance transmission and QSFP-40G…

Is PSM or CWDM More Cost-effective for 40GBASE-LR4 QSFP+ Optic?

Since 40G Ethernet network becomes much more widely used than ever before to meet the data center needs, there are various 40G optics available in today’s fiber market for different applications. As for short distance application, 40GBASE-…

QSFP-40GE-LR4—An Ideal Solution for 40G Long Distance Transmission

It is reported that the data of deploying 40G Ethernet network is still increasing from 4% in 2015 to 7% in next year of 2017, although the deployment performs not so easy as that of 10G Ethernet network. For the sake of higher bandwidth a…

QSFP-40GE-LR4 and QSFP-40G-SR4 Modules Comparison

Have you ever complained about your slow network speed when you are working in a hurry, watching the most wonderful and interesting part of a movie or doing something else that are delayed by your bad network? Do you want to upgrade your s…

How Much Do You Know About 40G QSFP BiDi Transceiver?

As we know, there are a variety of QSFP transceivers that have the ability to support 40G Ethernet network with higher capacity and transmission data rate, such as: QSFP-40G-SR4, QSFP-40G-CSR4, QSFP-40G-LR4, QSFP-40G-PLR4, etc. In 40G long…

Overview of 100G QSFP28 Transceiver and Its Cable Assemblies

Have you ever annoyed with your slow network speed that may cause a time delay? Under this circumstance, do you have an urge to smash your computer? In order to deal with this problem that many people may encounter, experts turn to upgrade…

In-Depth Study of SFP, BiDi SFP and Compact SFP

Tremendous progress has been made over the past few decades with advent and development of Ethernet network. During this period, a variety of optical fiber transceivers have been designed and manufactured by several optical fiber manufactu…

Selecting the Right 40G QSFP+ Transceivers and Cables

It is well known that telecommunication equipment experts have designed and developed a variety of fiber optical products to meet the increasing requirements of our network. As one of the most important components among these fiber optical…

How to Connect 10G SFP+ and 40G QSFP+ Transceivers?

Introduction As the requirement of optical network is unremittingly increasing to meet the market needs, the types of fiber optic transceivers become diversified to achieve the goal of faster and faster data transmission rate and smaller a…