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

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO:5802)(ISIN:JP3407400005) has developed a new-type coupled multi-core optical fiber suitable for ultra-long-haul transmission, ...

Many communication fibers are optimized for specific applications, such as fiber to the home, transport inside data centers, or ocean-spanning submarine cables. One size does not fit all in the ...

Researchers at two Australia universities have collaborated to develop a way to 3-D print a preform that can be drawn into silica glass optical fibers, for new types of telecommunications networks and ...

Although optical fibers are highly effective at data transmission, they're also relatively brittle. An experimental new type of optical fiber addresses that limitation, by incorporating a core made of ...

UK awards £2.2M grant to six universities to research ‘flat’ fiber for new composites. Research into flat fiber for new composites. A £2.2 million ($2.8M) grant from the UK Government’s Engineering ...

Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to ...

Computer scientists have demonstrated the first large-scale optical switching testbed capable of handling 1 Petabit per second optical signals. This demonstration made use of state-of-the-art ...