An optical fiber that uses the mathematical concept of topology to remain robust, thereby guaranteeing the high-speed transfer of information, has been created by physicists. Optical fibres are the ...

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

The 2009 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for breakthroughs involving the transmission of light in fiber optics and inventing the CCD ...

With internet traffic approaching the capacity limit of SMF in the foreseeable future, optical communication technologies with larger transmission capacity is becoming ever more desired. However, in ...

A new device based on hollow-core photonic crystal fibre can detect hazardous micrometre-sized airborne pollutants. (Courtesy: Pixabay) Researchers in Germany have developed a novel laser and optical ...

Multidimensional entanglement transport is possible even over single mode fibre. Courtesy: Wits University Researchers have transmitted multidimensional entangled photons across a record-breaking 250 ...

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

Everyone told the company to sell its unprofitable fiber-optic business. Now that division is powering its stock to all-time ...

New research from Penn State and AGC Inc. in Japan reports that the silica glass used in fiber optic cables would be more efficient if they were manufactured under high pressure. Fiber optic cable ...

Optical fibres are the backbone of our modern information networks. From long-range communication over the internet to high-speed information transfer within data centres and stock exchanges, optical ...