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...

OZ Optics now offers a Pulse Compressor and Peak-Field Booster. This compact device utilizes nonlinear effects from a fiber to surpass peak electric field limitations from an ultrafast source. After...

The Multi-Channel Benchtop Polarization Dependent Loss Emulator from OZ Optics Ltd. allows users to emulate a known polarization dependent loss (PDL) level for quantifying and studying polarization...

A COVID-19 Detection System from OZ Optics Ltd. is designed to detect fluorescence and color changes from dyes that activate in the presence of specific viral DNA or RNA. The system includes...

The use of optical fiber in astronomy, biomedical instrumentation, communications, defense, digital projection, industrial laser, medical, and sensing applications has increased over several decades...

Scientists at the EU’s €1 billion Quantum Technology (QT) Flagship initiative have developed quantum encryption protocols to create what they’re calling the most secure transmission...

A hollow optical fiber developed by researchers at the University of Central Florida greatly reduces noise that interferes with transmitted signals, compared to single-mode fibers that are currently...

Researchers at RMIT University (Australia) introduced a hyper-efficient broadband photodetector capable of imaging all shades of light between the UV and near-infrared ranges and is at least...

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...

Just as an electronic connector provides a pluggable connection between electronic circuits, a fiber optic connector provides an optical one. The goal is joining a fiber to a transmitter, receiver or...

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,...

In this paper, general ball shaped end-caps are studied and illustrated. Different ball shaped end-caps were tested and measured for a variety of applications. For example, a 2.2 mm diameter ball...

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...

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...

Iridian Spectral Technologies has developed what is referred to as a Hybrid GFF, which combines the functionality of both a WDM and the GFF on one component. Specifically, a Hybrid GFF can block the...

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...

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...

The use of polarization maintaining (PM) elements based upon optical fibers and waveguides are constantly growing in many applications, including telecommunications, fiber sensing, medical imaging,...

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...

In fiber optics, a material whose properties, usually of transmission, are distinctly affected by the absorption of water vapor.

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 medical instrument used to view inside the human body by inserting the instrument into a natural or created aperture. The endoscope may use a coherent fiber optic bundle or conventional optics to...

Special glasses that extend the usable range of fiber optics well into the ultraviolet region. The fibers have a core of high-purity, nonfluorescing quartz clad with an ultraviolet-transmitting...

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...

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...

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...

Tune into this month’s edition of Light Matters for the complete list of Photonics Media’s Industry Beacon award winners. We’ll also introduce you to an Industry Beacon in the Educator category, and...

A fiber optic cable is a package for an optical fiber or fibers that may include cladding, buffering, strength members and an outer jacket.

Established in 1985, OZ Optics is a leading worldwide supplier of fiber optic components, test equipment and sensors. OZ Optics manufactures its products in three locations, Ottawa (Canada),...

With more than 20 years of experience in design, development, and manufacturing of specialty optical fibers and complex optical fiber assemblies, art photonics GmbH is a major solution provider in...

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...

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,...