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Achieve Accurate Temperature Measurements in Optical Preform Fiber Manufacture

LAND, a business of AMETEK Inc. has developed a new non-contact infrared thermometer for precise measurement and control during deposition processes in optical fiber manufacturing.

From LAND Instruments International 27 Jun 2025

Scientists Tap Underground Internet Cables to Fight Air Pollution and Predict Volcanic Blasts

European scientists are building a vast environmental sensing network by adding light-based sensors to underground internet cables that stretch more than five billion kilometers around the world.

20 Jun 2025

Researchers Demonstrate Precise Optical Clock Signal Transmission via Multicore Fiber

Researchers have shown, for the first time, that transmission of ultrastable optical signals from optical clocks across tens of kilometers of deployed multicore fiber is compatible with simultaneous transmission of telecommunications data.

19 Jun 2025

Light-Based AI Processing Achieved in Fiber Optics

Researchers demonstrate a novel optical extreme learning machine using laser light in fibers, achieving over 91% accuracy in digit classification.

19 Jun 2025

Organic Photodetector Breakthrough Enhances Optical Imaging in Fog and Smoke

This breakthrough organic photodetector delivers high-sensitivity imaging in fog, improving obstacle detection for autonomous vehicles and smart infrastructure.

16 Jun 2025

Unprecedented Optical Clock Network Lays Groundwork for Redefining the Second

In a new study, researchers carried out the most extensive coordinated comparison of optical clocks to date by operating clocks and the links connecting them simultaneously across six countries.

12 Jun 2025

Optimizing Tilt Detection: A Refined Approach to Optical Fiber Sensors

A new optical fiber sensor model enables accurate tilt angle detection in multiple directions, ideal for industrial, structural, and aerospace monitoring applications.

11 Jun 2025

Practical Quantum Dot Surface-Emitting Laser Achieved for Fiber Optics

In a collaboration with Sony, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology developed the world's first electrically driven VCSEL operating at 1,550 nm—the standard wavelength for optical fiber communication—with nanoscale semiconductor structures known as quantum dots as the optical gain material.

9 Jun 2025

Ultra-Thin Lenses That Make Infrared Light Visible

Lenses are the most widely used optical devices. Camera lens or objectives, for example, produce a sharp photo or video by directing light at a focal point.

4 Jun 2025

Atlas Copco’s Battery Diven B-Air Compressor Helps Dutch Fiber Optic Blowing Companies Gain Public Contracts Advantage

Dutch companies APK Group CIAG and Ravesteijn Infra & Telecom are leveraging three of Atlas Copco’s battery-powered portable air compressors, the B-Air, to support the installation and maintenance of telecom and data communication networks.

28 May 2025