6–7 Jul 2026
The Brewery
Europe/London timezone

Hollow Core Fibre - Nothing is better than glass for guiding light

Not scheduled
30m
The Porter Tun (1st Floor) (The Brewery)

The Porter Tun (1st Floor)

The Brewery

52 Chiswell Street London EC1Y 4SA What3Words: ///guilty.rabble.books
Standard Presentation Main Session NetUK3 Plenary

Speaker

Steve Jones (Huber+Suhner)

Description

The impressive advantages when using light not silicon make the promise of HCF something worth taking notice of.
This presentation takes a short look at the technology behind HCF, outlines the benefits and possible applications whilst highlighting some constraints (& solutions) in market dominated with singlemode fibre & LC/APC connections

Summary

The talk will look at the technology behind HCF, Look at the performance benefits, a short look at datacentre interconnect & AI compute cluster usage but also address the challenges & limitation of HCF. The presentation will also offer a solution to the HCF to LC/APC conundrum.

Talk Duration 25 Minutes Presentation (+5 Minutes Q&A)
Can your presentation be broadcast live on our webcast, which will be accessible via Youtube? Yes
Can your presentation slides be published publicly on our Indico instance and the NetUK website? Yes
Can a recording of your presentation be published publicly on our website? Yes
Can a recording of your presentation be uploaded to our public YouTube channel? Yes
Do you consent for us to publish your name and affiliation as a Speaker on the NetUK website and Social Media? Yes

Author

Steve Jones (Huber+Suhner)

Presentation materials