Fiber-based networks make up the majority of the internet's backbone. Fiber-optic subsea cables spanning thousands of miles connect continents together, exchanging data at nearly the speed of light.

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI 10.29026/oes.2023.220025 considers specialty optical fibers for advanced sensing applications. Optical fiber technology has changed the world in ...

Dr. Shahrzad Zahertar (center) holds the developed miniaturized optical interrogator alongside a more traditional optical interrogator unit (foreground). Photo Credit: University of Southampton.

What optical technology leads the way for wireless networks? The attributes of optical fiber Introduction to Semtech’s Tri-Edge technology There’s one trend everyone in the telecom industry agrees ...

Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical ...

Researchers have shown how ultrastable optical signals from optical clocks can be transmitted across tens of kilometers of deployed multicore fiber carrying telecommunications data. Nazanin Hoghooghi, ...

Kenyans have been advised to visit various government offices to view the project and give feedback within the next 30 days.

Despite the modern world relying heavily on digital optical communication, there has not been a significant improvement in the minimum attenuation—a measure of the loss of optical power per kilometer ...

Installation of fiber optic internet in Bartholomew County has resumed following a couple-month pause caused by the bankruptcy of a previous contractor on the project. mStreet Fiber, the network ...

It’s always interesting to see how scientists and engineers have exploited—in the positive sense of the word—somewhat obscure, fundamental physics principles to create innovative sensors. For example, ...