The advent of all‐optical modulation format conversion techniques has fundamentally reshaped modern optical communications. These techniques enable the direct manipulation of optical signals in their ...

Optical vector analysis has emerged as a critical tool for characterising optical devices, enabling simultaneous measurement of amplitude and phase responses over wide bandwidths. This technique is ...

As global data traffic soars, transmitting information with light instead of electrical signals is becoming crucial for ...

Copper cabling has been the workhorse for moving data inside of AI and HPC data centers, but fiber is nipping at its heels. Optics brings three possible bandwidth multipliers — wavelength-division ...

Over the past decades, engineers have introduced numerous technologies that rely on light and its underlying characteristics. These include photonic and quantum systems that could advance imaging, ...

In a new paper published in Light Science & Application ("Electro-optic tuning in composite silicon photonics based on ferroionic 2D materials"), a team of scientists, led by Dr Ghada Dushaq and ...

The challenge of achieving extremely high data rates via RF and optical links. How a hybrid RF/optical link was configured and deployed. The performance this hybrid link was able to provide.

NII, NTT, Inc. and NTT EAST, Inc. have successfully demonstrated the world's first automated optical transport layer control, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The human eye's remarkable ability to detect edges—the boundaries between light and dark areas in our visual field—is a fundamental aspect of how we perceive the world. This ...

The high internal gain of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) operating in Geiger mode allows the quantum limit of detection to be approached. This offers a significantly improved sensitivity for ...

Optical technology is well established for long-haul communications, but the distances it serves are shrinking — especially in the data center. Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) already ...