Fiber optic technology is the backbone of modern digital infrastructure, and recent innovations are propelling its capabilities to new heights. In the past few years, breakthroughs in materials, ...

Laser-based data links are increasingly attractive for aircraft and space systems that need to move large volumes of ...

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 ...

Australian-US team says wavefront-shaping of input light lifts power threshold for SBS scattering by an order of magnitude. A narrowband laser beam shaped by a spatial light modulator excites many ...

Plastic optical fiber cables present growth opportunities in automotive, industrial, and smart infrastructure sectors due to ...

Researchers have harnessed the light-guiding properties of spider silk to develop a sensor that can be used to determine concentrations of fructose, sucrose and glucose sugars based on changes in a ...

Sometimes, you discover than despite what you think is your supposedly broad knowledge of technology and applications, you have a “blind spot.” In other words, you are barely aware of something that’s ...

Integration of rugged fiber optics and chiclet-based optical transceivers promotes durability, miniaturization, and modularity for aerospace and defense applications. Difference between rugged fiber ...

Researchers from EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Imperial College, London, have created fiber-based soft robots with advanced motion control that integrate other functionalities, such as electric and ...