The Midori™ ULB-35i LED light source series combines state-of-the- art, solid-state illumination technology with Ushio’s distinctive optical design to create a compact and lightweight...

Maximum flexibility for optical surface processing is now available with NOVA™. This system supports a variety of polishing applications, from connectors to waveguides, and bare fibers to...

The 25-/28-Gb/s FireFly FMC+ Modules from Samtec Inc. provide up to 400-/448-Gb/s full-duplex bandwidth over up to 16 channels from an FPGA/SoC to an industry-standard multimode fiber optic cable,...

The Wave Optics Module is an add-on product to the COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software platform. You can use the Wave Optics Module to efficiently model and optimize optical systems and...

Researchers from Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) and the University of Sussex have collaborated to create an optical device that uses AI to control the properties of light....

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a frequency-based approach to quantum computing. The researchers performed two distinct, independent operations simultaneously on...

A multiplexer/demultiplexer module based on an optical vortex, built by scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology, could be used to strengthen optical networks so they can meet increasingly heavy...

In a new “twist” on quantum communication using optical fiber, researchers from the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) have...

There are three fundamentally different dispersive phenomena in optical fiber, of which polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is the most complex. In digital multimode fiber systems, a light pulse...

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,...

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...

Optical fibers are made from either glass or plastic. Most are roughly the diameter of a human hair, and they may be many miles long. Light is transmitted along the center of the fiber from one end...

Optical fibers with different types of polymer coatings were exposed to three sterilization conditions: multiple autoclaving, treatment with ethylene oxide and treatment with gamma rays. Effects of...

Modern optical networks require ever higher-speeds and the associated optical and electronic systems must be smaller and less power-hungry. This need has driven major investments in new component...

The world's first portable end-cap fusion splicer that provides capabilities that overcome the limitations of current end-cap splicing processes.

By offsetting the light structure, precise localized zone heating and annealing of specific areas at a fiber’s surface can be achieved as well. This is essentially a passive device into which active...

If you want to learn how to simulate metamaterials in the terahertz regime, then tune into this webinar, presented by COMSOL. Metamaterials are engineered to have specific material properties. They...

From LEDs to medical devices to microelectronics to fiber optics — everything leaks! This 40-minute webinar, presented by Agilent Technologies, will describe the challenges of locating and...

Additional Questions and Answers from the Webinar are below: With more than 6 billion cell phone users in the world, the majority of them in developing countries, there are opportunities for...

As fiber optics device manufacturing processes mature, the use of automated alignment, probing, and packaging equipment will become widespread. These automated technologies will greatly enhance the...

A process by which high-quality fiber optics are made. See axial vapor-phase deposition.

In fiber optics, the annular region between two concentric circles; used to specify fiber cladding and core sizes.

1. In optics, the housing, usually cylindrical, that contains the lenses and iris diaphragm of a camera. 2. In fiber optics, a device for coupling two connectors.

In fiber optics, a device used to polish a biconic plug to a specified length and surface finish. Also called a polishing disc.

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...

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...

Benjamin Eggleton, University of Sydney, Australia, shares his early beginnings as an undergraduate student in optical astronomy.

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you to central Massachusetts as Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Quinsigamond Community College take on a comprehensive joint photonics laboratory...

NYFORS TEKNOLOGI AB manufactures a broad range of fiber processing and glass shaping equipment for specialty or high yield applications. All NYFORS products are designed with the user in mind and are...

Evanescent Optics Inc. acquired the assets and employee group of Canadian Instrumentation & Research Ltd. in August 2009 and continues production and development of the suite of fiber optic...

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...

Zeus delivers precision polymer solutions that transform businesses, markets, and lives. We have dedicated 50 years to building partnerships, products, and services. Headquartered in Orangeburg,...