Nvidia/Lumentum CW DFB laser array shown alongside Claude's rendered version
jwt0625 · x · 2026-10-17
A post shows the physical package of a CW DFB (distributed feedback) laser array from Nvidia/Lumentum, highlighting wirebond details, side-by-side with a 3D rendering of the same device generated by Claude. Such laser arrays are core components in data-center optical interconnects and AI compute infrastructure.
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