OFS Joint Venture Opens Fiber Optic Cable Factory in Russia

ARLINGTON, Va. — Leonardo DRS received a contract to produce its next-generation thermal weapon sights for the U.S. Army. The firm fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command is...

An international team led by researchers at the Politecnico di Milano has devised a way to separate and distinguish optical beams even when the beams are superimposed, and even when the form in which...

Europium molecular crystals, a rare-earth-based material, could provide a robust platform for photonic quantum technologies. The work of a research team from the National Centre for Scientific...

Currently, research on quantum technologies is enjoying a gold rush in funding. Recently published roadmaps provide researchers, industry, and funders with an outlook of what to expect from such...

The DirectLase™ Premium Ytterbium (YB)-doped optical fiber from OFS is designed for directed energy fiber laser systems. Providing high performance in high-power, narrow-linewidth fiber...

The ORS-Mini ultrastable laser from Menlo Systems GmbH features a <2 Hz linewidth. Designed as a compact 19-in. rack module for field applications, the system features a 5-cm high-finesse...

The Optran® UV NCC Ultraviolet Non-Circular Core Fibers and Optran® WF NCC Water-Free Non-Circular Core Fibers from Armadillo SIA operate from the 190- to 1200-nm and 300- to 2400-nm spectral...

The Polarization Dependent Loss Emulator from OZ Optics Ltd. emulates a known polarization dependent loss (PDL) level for quantifying and studying polarization impairments and effects in a fiber...

An indicator of how well the entire system performs is a measurement called bit-error-ratio (BER). Acceptable BERs range from one error per billion to one per trillion bits transmitted. It is rare...

As system and cable installers try to optimize their links, the preferred method has become high-speed DWDM. This demand for bandwidth has led to the development of new test and measurement...

As bit rates increase to meet expanding demand, systems have become increasingly sensitive to polarization-related impairments. These include polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fibers,...

Adhesives for fiber optic components that perform well on glass, metal, ceramic and most plastic substrates provide excellent chemical and solvent resistance. They also can act as an electrical...

Enabling new laser applications with fused silica fibers.

SUSS MicroOptics is a global leader in micro-optics technology and manufacturing. Innovative combination of process technology has allowed SUSS MicroOptics to integrate micro-lenses and prisms on...

We combine all resources for your successful micro imaging needs under one roof. We are specialists in ready-to-install, small and high-precision individual lenses and cemented elements. Our...

In the PON (Passive optical network), especially the complex point-to-multipoint PON ODN (Optical distribution network) topology environment, the rapid monitoring and diagnosis of optical fiber...

Steve Allen provides a brief overview and examples of procedures that continue to push adoption and proliferation of optical fiber-based medical devices. From cosmetic surgery to cutting-edge sensing...

An efficiency of 46 percent has recently been achieved with four-junction solar cells under a concentration on the cell of 508 times the normal solar power flux on the Earth’s surface. Such...

Optical fibers made of fused silica have many applications, including communications, manufacturing, medical care and diagnostics, and research. These applications are as varied as the requirements...

Since they first appeared in the 1990s, photonic crystal fibers (PCFs), thin strands of glass with an intricate array of hollow channels running along their length, have ushered in a new era of...

The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and...

A glass-ceramic material developed in Russia. Astrosital resembles Zerodur in terms of its ultralow thermal expansion. Other spellings include Astro-Sital and Astro-Sitall.

In fiber optics, the condition in which each fiber of a bundle carries a separate channel.

A shaft, spindle or any object generally passed through a workpiece to hold, support or shape a particular piece during its machining process or its practical use. In fiber optics, optical fibers are...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...

Manufacturing Standard and Custom fiber optics for Industrial, Medical, Commercial, Military, and Machine Vision applications since 1977.

Light is not always simply light when it comes to clinical diagnoses, light is the key to prediction accuracy in analytical quality. Our solution: a flexible fiber optic multi-branch device with...

This Software Highlight focuses on Fast Mapping in our Ramacle software. Fast Mapping enables the user to acquire Raman maps with significantly reduced acquisition times via more efficient stage...

PhotonTec Berlin GmbH is located in the Center for Microsystems and Materials (ZMM) in Berlin-Adlershof, Germany. We focus on the development, production, and marketing of fiber-coupled diode lasers...

We are a manufacturer of Diffraction Limited Fiber Coupled Laser Systems, Optical Systems, and Fiber Optic Systems from 240 nm to 6000 nm. Unique products include various sizes of Fiber Collimators,...

Polarization Maintaining Couplers Evanescent Optics Inc. offers low loss (<0.1dB), high isolation (<-25dB) PM fiber-optic couplers in both fixed ratio and variable models. Our small...

OSI Optoelectronics is a preeminent global manufacturer of photonic detection devices and systems with over 50 years industry experience serving the telecommunications, medical, X-Ray, security and...