Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical ...

Charles Kao, whose work in the 1960s laid the foundation for today’s long-distance fiber-optic networks, has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Kao, sometimes referred to as the ...

Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to ...

So apparently a controversial Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this week. Forget that one. Focus instead on the far geekier one that was also awarded this week. Why? Because we gadget lovers have a lot ...

The field of nanophotonics, which describes the integration of nanotechnology with photonic devices, has promoted the research and development of fiber optic nanophotonic devices. Researchers have ...

A new fiber optic technology could enable high-speed internet access to travel further without requiring electricity-powered signal boosters. The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology announced ...

Remote fiber monitoring has emerged as a popular option for telecom and data center operators to accurately locate physical ...

New research from Penn State and AGC Inc. in Japan reports that the silica glass used in fiber optic cables would be more efficient if they were manufactured under high pressure. Fiber optic cable ...

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

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The 2009 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for breakthroughs involving the transmission of light in fiber optics and inventing the CCD ...