A colorful display of plastic optical fibers Commercial optical fibers generally carry light that’s invisible to the eye. The colorful ones shown here transmit visible light, demonstrating how fiber ...

A high-capacity fiber-optic communication cable unspools as the drone flies; with no tension, there is no risk of tangling of breaking. German developers are demonstrating a new drone in Ukraine ...

Lfiber’s Single-Mode (NOn-PM) or Polarization-Maintaining(PM) Fiber Optic Coupler for Infrared Light(visible/infrared light beam splitter: 405nm, 430nm, 450nm ...

A new fiber-optic sensor made from stretchy rubber rather than glass can be integrated into wearable electronics and measure movement. The sensors can also quantify the force of stretching, bending, ...

‘ Fiber optics ’ is now a common term in the modern lexicon, but it hasn’t always been that way. Back in November 1960, ...

f all 12 trunk fibers in a single test and reduces testing time to 20 sec (14 sec for setup, 6 sec for testing), according to the company. Features include built-in polarity verification for ...

Researchers at the University of Southampton in England have produced optical fibers that can transfer data at 99.7% of the universe's speed limit: The speed of light. The researchers have used these ...

Researchers hailing from England's University of Southampton claim to have discovered a method for transferring data near the limits of our Universe -- 99.7 percent the speed of light. Their secret? A ...