Optical fibers are best known for carrying huge amounts of internet data at high speed. But scientists are increasingly ...

Optical fiber has already transformed the modern world. New research now suggests it could do even more. A new flat-fiber ...

Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low levels of arsenic in water. Researchers have developed a new optical sensor ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and photonic sensing technologies are marching toward a convergence yielding intelligent high-performance sensing systems for ...

Optical fiber has already transformed the modern world. New research from a partnership between suggests it could do even more. A new flat fiber fabrication technique produces a high fidelity sensor ...

Can silicon chips guide light with fibre-like efficiency? A new waveguide platform cuts optical losses across visible and ...

Pipeline contents are typically valuable, volatile, and harmful to the environment if allowed to escape. With them being susceptible to aging, accidental damage, or tampering, the chances of an escape ...

Caltech scientists have created ultra-low-loss optical pathways on silicon chips that approach the efficiency of fiber optics and dramatically outperform existing technology at visible wavelengths.

Entangled photons stayed connected after traveling 62 kilometers through mostly aboveground fiber between NIST and the ...