In a first for communications, researchers in Sweden 3D printed silica glass micro-optics on the tips of optic fibers—surfaces as small as the cross section of a human hair. The advance could enable ...

Due to high strength and lightweight, composite material structures have been widely used in various industries such as aerospace, automotive, civil engineering, and healthcare. Real-time deformation ...

Fiber optic localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensors have become an effective tool in refractive index (RI) detection for biomedical applications because of their high sensitivity. However, ...

Imagine a world without internet, email, streaming services or social media. Imagine having to write letters or call everyone on a rotary dial phone to communicate. Imagine having to drive to a store ...

With the exponential growth of data globally, the demand for high-speed acquisition and long-distance transmission of multidimensional data is escalating. Online video surveillance in sectors like ...

Chinese researchers achieved a new milestone in fiber-optic technology, achieving ultra-fast data transmission over long ...

Believe it or not, fiber optic cables have been around since the 1950s, but how do they work? It turns out the answer isn't that complicated.

Commercialization has started for network switches based on co-packaged optics (CPO), which are capable of routing signals at terabits per second speeds, but manufacturing challenges remain regarding ...