One well-known threat to fiber optic performance is contamination—tiny particles or residues on fiber end faces that ...

This advancement could advance data transmission capabilities in fields requiring light-based encoding, such as ...

Fiber optic technology relies on transmitting light along thin, flexible fibers of glass or plastic. These fibers essentially ...

Scientists discovered a way to encode more data into light by creating light vortices with quasicrystals. This method could ...

New research uses electric fields to manipulate metallic nanoparticles capable of producing vortices within the laser light.

The future of transmitting massive amounts of data digitally may be here, thanks to new technology that uses a "hurricane" of ...

Optical sensors are a technology that uses optical fibers and optical waveguides with low light loss to detect, process, and ...

Snell’s Law explains light refraction at material boundaries, a principle crucial to fiber optics, lens design, and advanced ...

The miniaturization of quantum computers is progressing rapidly, and researchers have just taken a new step by developing a ...

NORTHAMPTON — Construction is underway to install new fiber internet cables across the city, in what officials hope will ...

IonQ, the Maryland-based developer of quantum computing systems that recently signed a $55 million deal with the US Air Force ...

Fiber-optic cables are the fastest way to connect to the internet ... Fiber internet is a hair-thin glass cable that ...