Fiber optics entered the common lexicon in 1960 – and we've come a long way since

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

Enhance Pipeline Monitoring with Fiber-Optic Sensing

Pipeline contents are typically valuable, volatile, and harmful to the environment if allowed to escape. With them being susceptible to aging, accidental damage, or tampering, the chances of an escape ...
Optics

Fiber-optic sensor from spider silk points to new point-of-care diagnostics

The prospect of exploiting spider silk's combination of optical and mechanical properties has been an attractive proposition to designers for some time. Back in 2008 a project at Tufts University ...
Optics

Single-Mode (NOn-PM) or Polarization-Maintaining(PM) Fiber Optic Coupler for Infrared Light

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

Hollow glass fiber sensors withstand extreme radiation in particle accelerator tests

A slender glass fiber no thicker than a human hair placed across a particle beam could improve accelerator monitoring. A team ...
ExtremeTech

Researchers create fiber network that operates at 99.7% speed of light, smashes speed and latency records

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 ...