Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

Available with two to seven optical passes and a combination of single- or multi-mode fibers, the FO-5704 is a multi-pass fiber optic rotary joint that allows optical signals to pass from a stationary ...

Imagine a computer that does not rely only on electronics but uses light to perform tasks faster and more efficiently. A collaboration between two research teams from Tampere University in Finland and ...

This map shows the three-mile, figure-eight loop of optical fibers installed beneath the Stanford campus as part of the fiber-optic seismic observatory. Thousands of miles of buried optical fibers ...

There are significantly different architectures for what are known as “atomic” clocks. Optically driven atomic clocks offer a new set of performance attributes. The optical atomic clocks use paired ...

Fundamental ball-screw technology hasn’t changed much since 1929 when Rudolph G. Boehm patented a device he called an “anti-friction” nut. The ability to smoothly and precisely move heavy loads is a ...

-Successful experiment to receive downlink light at NICT optical ground station from DLR optical terminal mounted on Univ. of Stuttgart's Flying Laptop satellite -Succeeded in the initial experiment ...