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Optical Networking

Score 12.7 / 100 26 providers 0 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (26)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Thin 1 Limited public surface area
EFFECT PhotonicsCompanyPhotonicsOptical Transceivers6 APIs26.7
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
InfineraCompanyHardwareTelecommunications17.6
Minimal 19 Almost no public developer surface
LumilensCompanyPhotonicsInterconnects10.4nEye SystemsCompanySemiconductorsSilicon Photonics10.0LumotiveCompanySemiconductorsPhotonicsLiDAR9.6Tejas Networks IndiaCompanyTelecommunicationsNetworking Equipment8.7Tejas NetworksCompanyTelecommunicationsNetworking8.1BTI Systems (Juniper)CompanyNetworkingPacket Optical Transport7.9AcaciaCompanyFrontierSilicon Photonics6.4InphiCompanySemiconductorsHardwareData-Center5.0PicoJoolCompanyEnergy TransitionSemiconductorsPhotonics4.7CoherentFortune 500PhotonicsLasers4.4TellabsCompanyNetworkingPassive Optical LAN3.4Laser Light CommunicationsCompanyTelecommunicationsNetworking2.8Alcatel-lucentCompanyTelecommunicationsNetworkingTelecom Equipment1.8HyperLightCompanyPhotonicsIntegrated PhotonicsSemiconductors1.8Sedona SystemsCompanyDeep TechNetworkingNetwork Optimization1.8CerentCompanyNetworkingSONET0.6Cortina SystemsCompanySemiconductorsNetworkingTelecommunications0.6Lightera NetworksCompanyHardtechTelecommunications0.6Newport CommunicationsCompanySemiconductorsNetworking0.6
Unrated 5 Not yet scored
AvanexCompanyFiber OpticsPhotonicsCinta NetworksDWDMTelecommunicationsNetwork EquipmentLightLogicCompanyOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsOni SystemsCompanyNetworkingTelecommunicationsSymmorphixCompanyMaterials ScienceThin FilmsPhysical Vapor Deposition

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Score breakdown

Frequency
39.3
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.7
spread across providers
Quality lift
7.2
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
8.4
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Photonics 8 co-occurrences Telecommunications 18 co-occurrences Semiconductors 13 co-occurrences Networking 12 co-occurrences Hardware 13 co-occurrences Acquired 7 co-occurrences Company 24 co-occurrences

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