Executive Brief: A Complete Guide to Optical Transceiver Nomenclature

Deep Dives

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• Optical fiber 18 min read

  Optical transceivers are the devices that convert electrical signals to light for transmission over optical fiber - understanding fiber optics provides essential context for why transceivers exist and how they function

• Small Form-factor Pluggable 13 min read

  SFP is one of the most common transceiver form factors and understanding its history and evolution helps decode the nomenclature systems used across the industry

• Wavelength-division multiplexing 11 min read

  WDM technology is fundamental to understanding transceiver specifications like CWDM and DWDM variants - key terms that appear in transceiver naming conventions