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 ...

A 100-year-old equation and a fiber-optic cable off the coast of Svalbard led researchers to discover they could detect swimming whales—even if they were completely silent. The discovery broadens the ...

Imagine a world without internet, email, streaming services or social media. Imagine having to write letters or call everyone on a rotary dial phone to communicate. Imagine having to drive to a store ...

Tiny fiber-optic cables on seabed can do a lot more than you can imagine as researchers have found that these underwater ...

Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical fiber at visible wavelengths. This accomplishment paves the way for a new ...

Fiber-optic spectroscopy leverages light-guiding technology for remote sensing, offering a robust solution for real-time data ...

Over the past four years, The Photonics100 has recognised hundreds of outstanding individuals from academia, industry, start-ups and research organisations worldwide. Together, they represent the ...

A heart-shaped mollusc has evolved tiny windows that work like fibre-optic cables, the first known example in nature. Heart cockles (Corculum cardissa) are bivalve molluscs a bit like clams that have ...

Fibre laser-sensors have emerged as a promising solution for long-distance sensing, offering high SNR and fine spatial resolution. However, their adoption is constrained by fundamental limitations: ...