Researchers have built a microscopic 3D-printed optical device that funnels light from 37 separate multimode semiconductor lasers into a single optical fiber, merging 222 distinct spatial modes; the ...

Optical solitons represent a unique phenomenon in nonlinear optics whereby light waves maintain their integrity over long distances by balancing dispersion with nonlinear effects. When these solitons ...

Trace liquid analysis is crucial in fields such as biomedical diagnosis, environmental monitoring, and chemical process control. Traditional detection technologies often face bottlenecks including ...

Femtosecond laser writing is a transformative technique that utilises ultrashort laser pulses to locally modify the refractive index of a material, enabling the fabrication of intricate ...

IBM’s Co-Packaged Optics Prototype Packs More Bandwidth Into a Single Connector Your email has been sent Polymer optical waveguides in co-packaged optics could speed up AI training. On Dec. 9, IBM ...

Waveguides are structures designed to direct and control the propagation of electromagnetic waves from one point to another. They play a crucial role in various fields, including telecommunications, ...

Scientists announce the discovery of slab waveguides based on the two-dimensional material hexagonal boron nitride. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in collaboration with Kansas State ...

CU Boulder researchers have built high performing optical microresonators opening the door for new sensor technologies. At its simplest form, a microresonator is a tiny device that can trap light and ...

AI data centers are starting to replace copper with co-packaged optics in an effort to reduce energy consumed per bit and ...

Researchers in Israel have created a microscopic optical device that could simplify high-power laser ...