Fiber-based networks make up the majority of the internet's backbone. Fiber-optic subsea cables spanning thousands of miles connect continents together, exchanging data at nearly the speed of light.

EBX is a revolutionary fiber optic technology utilizing expanded beam connectors to provide superior performance and reliability. Fiber optic interconnect solutions are particularly well-suited for ...

EDWARDS FIELD, Calif. — NASA is evaluating an advanced, fiber optic-based sensing technology that could aid development of active control of an aircraft’s wing shape. Controlling a wing’s shape in ...

Every year, about 20,000 earthquakes are registered around the world; this means roughly 55 every day, shaking Earth's crust (via USGS). Sixteen of these yearly-registered earthquakes are more ...

A new data transmission speed record of 450 terabits per second using an existing, commercially installed optical fiber link ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.200078 overviews advances in distributed fiber optic vibration/acoustic sensing technology. Distributed fiber optic ...

Exail Technologies already has impressive margins, and improving throughput should drive operating leverage even higher. Read ...

They distribute data and can separate cells from one other. But can they adequately light a room? Photos: Fiber optics lighting the way Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he ...

Researchers at WPI say they developed a flexible optical fiber that could destroy hard-to-reach tumors in the larynx.

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the same type of fiber optic cables used in telecommunications systems, researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a way to detect and pinpoint ...

What does it take for scientists to push beyond the current limits of knowledge? Researchers in Federico Capasso's group at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS ...