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Self-Focused Laser Pulses Generate Optical Structures that Resemble Smoke Rings

Most basic physics textbooks describe laser light in fairly simple terms: a beam travels directly from one point to another and, unless it strikes a mirror or other reflective surface, will continue traveling along an arrow-straight path, gradually expanding in size due to the wave nature of light.

9 Sep 2016

International Fibre Link Allows Comparison of Optical Clocks Between UK and France

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), in collaboration with LPL (CNRS, Université Paris 13) and LNE-SYRTE (CNRS, Observatoire de Paris and UPMC), has established a fully-functional fibre link between optical clocks based in the UK and France.

9 Sep 2016

Semtech Releases Integrated Laser Driver and Limiting Amplifier for Asymmetric 10G PON Applications

Semtech Corporation, a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced the release of the GN28L95 integrated laser driver and limiting amplifier for asymmetric 10 gigabit PON applications, combining for the first time Semtechï¿½s unique automatic laser calibration technology with programmable 2.5 gigabit transmit and 10 gigabit receive signal paths.

7 Sep 2016

New Optical Material Could Potentially Transform Optoelectronic Technologies

Researchers led by Nanfang Yu, assistant professor of applied physics at Columbia Engineering, have found a new phase-transition optical material and demonstrated novel devices that dynamically manipulate light over a much wider wavelength range and with larger modulation amplitude than what was previously possible.

1 Sep 2016

Researchers Aim to Design, Build OpenVLC Platform for Various Visible Light Communication Systems

Visible Light Communication (VLC), sometimes also referred to as “Li-Fi”, uses standard off-the-shelf visible light LEDs to transmit data using the visible light spectrum.

10 Aug 2016

Photonic’s Pico-TEC Series Provides Accurate Temperature Control for Optoelectronic Devices, Fiber Optic Modules

Phononic, the company revolutionizing cooling and heating with solid-state technology, today announced its pico-TEC series, a high-performance solid-state thermoelectric module (TEM) designed to provide precise temperature control in order to meet the unique thermal management requirements of optoelectronics and fiber optic modules.

4 Aug 2016

New Photodetectors Enhance Performance of Optical Communication Systems

Data traffic is growing worldwide. Glass-fiber cables transmit information over long distances at the speed of light. Once they have reached their destination, however, these optical signals have to be converted into electrical signals for subsequent processing in the computer.

3 Aug 2016

Aureon Technology Deploys Coriant 7100 Nano Packet Optical Transport Platform to Enhance Fiber Optic Network

Coriant, a global supplier of SDN-enabled packet optical networking solutions, today announced that Aureon Technology, a leading provider of network transport services and business communications solutions, is deploying the Coriant®7100 Nano Packet Optical Transport Platform to enhance the scalability, flexibility, and reliability of its world-class Aureon Fiber Optic Network.

27 Jul 2016

Phototransistor Made of Artificial Semiconductor Could Provide Low-Cost, High-Speed Data Links

With a growing number of people connecting to the Internet everyday, Internet cables are under the threat of a "bandwidth explosion."

27 Jul 2016

Orange Poland, Nokia Achieve World’s First Optical Transmission of 250Gb/s

Orange and Nokia have achieved the world’s first optical transmission of 250 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) per wavelength over 870km through Orange Poland’s existing network infrastructure.

22 Jul 2016

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