University of Southampton alumna, Dr Katherine Schmidtke, is responsible for Optical Technology strategy at social media giant, Facebook.
In this Zepler Institute Distinguished Lecture, Katharine presents 'Applications of Optoelectronics in Facebook Hyperscale Datacenters'.
Abstract
From subsea fibre cables to short-reach switch interconnects, optoelectronics is a key technology for hyperscale data center networks. As performance requirements increase, photonics moves deeper into the network replacing copper for shorter distances. The next move for photonics is to distances of less than 3m for in-rack applications. This talk will describe how the scale of data-bandwidth growth has challenged what is possible with traditional networks and where the next opportunities for innovation lie.
Biography
Dr Katharine Schmidtke is responsible for Optical Technology strategy at Facebook. She obtained a PhD in non-linear optics from the University of Southampton in the UK and completed post-doctoral research at Stanford University. She has over 20 years’ experience in the Optoelectronics industry including positions at New Focus, JDSU (now Lumentum), and Finisar Corporation.