Physicists and chemists at Heidelberg University have realized a photonic microchip that is driven by light just as easily as electronic components via a "plug." Their development could serve as the ...

A new generation of specialty optical fibers has been developed by physicists at the University of Bath, UK, to cope with the challenges of data transfer expected to arise in the future age of quantum ...

Although optical fibers are highly effective at data transmission, they're also relatively brittle. An experimental new type of optical fiber addresses that limitation, by incorporating a core made of ...

Dr. Shahrzad Zahertar (center) holds the developed miniaturized optical interrogator alongside a more traditional optical interrogator unit (foreground). Photo Credit: University of Southampton.

In the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, researchers at Jilin University now report a way to measure the ...