A thin strand of glass designed for light transmission. A single hair-thin optical fiber is capable of transmitting trillions of bits per second. In addition to their huge transmission capacity ...

An all-optical fiber-optic switching device that maintains the signal as light from input to output. Traditional switches that connect optical fiber lines are electro-optic. They convert photons ...

China’s commerce ministry opened a probe into optical-fiber products, investigating claims that U.S. makers of some types of fiber violated China’s antidumping measures. The investigation is ...