The typical structure of an optical fiber. Credit: Bob Mellish/Wikimedia “Whenever you fabricate a fiber-optic cable, small variations in the physical structure of the fiber are inevitably present.

3D printing 1,000 times smaller than a grain of sand Microscopic image of a printed glass demonstration structure on tip of optical fiber. Credit: Lee-Lun Lai, et al Printing process and example ...

The research, “Compact high-resolution FBG strain interrogator based on laser-written 3D scattering structure in flat optical fiber,” published in Scientific Reports 2023, demonstrates a fiber Bragg ...

As fast as modern electronics have become, they could be much faster if their operations were based on light, rather than ...

Sevensix Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yosuke Hane) is pleased to announce the full-scale launch of its proprietary optical frequency comb generator, Frush, in the U.S. market starting ...

The world's first successful petabit-class transmission over more than 1,000 km using standard 19-core optical fiber, achieving a transmission rate ...

In theory, EDFAs are extremely simple — just a loop of doped fiber 10 to 20 meters in length, a laser diode for pumping, and the necessary optical components to join the amplifying loop to the ...

Several factors are driving the popularity of optical fiber cabling. Chief among those is the growth of high-tech applications that require the massive bandwidth fiber-optic cabling makes possible.

The Build America Buy America Act, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, requires that BEAD funds be spent only on American-made optical fiber and fiber-optic cable. This means that the ...