Bio-functionalized chalcogenide infrared optical glass fibers have been designed for evanescent wave mid-infrared spectroscopy. Surface biotinylation of the fiber tapered sensing zone has been ...

Despite the advantages of thermoplastic resin, pultrusion process has struggled to create bidirectional laminates, resulting in weaknesses in joint connections and transverse properties. To tackle ...

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.

Glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP), a strong and durable composite material, is widely used in everything from aircraft parts to windmill blades. Yet the very qualities that make it robust enough ...

What just happened? A Microsoft-backed research team has set a new benchmark for optical fiber performance, developing a hollow-core cable that posts the lowest optical loss ever recorded in the ...

Corning is opening three new advanced manufacturing plants in the U.S. dedicated entirely to optical technologies for Nvidia.

What's behind the IEEE 802.3cz Multi-Gigabit Glass Optical Fiber Automotive Ethernet standard. Optical vs. electrical links in automotive Ethernet. Details behind various compliance and conformance ...

Researchers at Tampere University have successfully developed a novel optical fiber design allowing the generation of rainbow laser light in the molecular fingerprint electromagnetic region. This new ...

Researchers from the University of Southampton in the U.K. have teamed up with fiber engineers from Microsoft Azure to reduce attenuation in optical cables, where weakened signal power leads to data ...