Fiber optic technology is the backbone of modern digital infrastructure, and recent innovations are propelling its capabilities to new heights. In the past few years, breakthroughs in materials, ...

- The world's first successful petabit-class transmission over more than 1,000 km using standard 19-core optical fiber, achieving a transmission rate of 1.02 petabits per second over a distance of ...

Researchers developed tapered polymer optical fibers that are optimized for delivering light to the brain. A scanning electron microscopy image of one of the tapers is shown. WASHINGTON — Researchers ...