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 ...

A new working group set up by the Consortium For On-Board Optics (COBO) will try to establish optical waveguides as a viable technology for high-speed, board-level interconnects inside data centers.

Quantum optics and waveguide quantum electrodynamics represent rapidly evolving frontiers at the intersection of photonics and quantum science. These disciplines explore the fundamental interactions ...

DigiLens, creators of waveguide optics, today announced a “deeper” partnership with Mitsubishi Chemical to bring a plastic version of its waveguide technology to the market. The companies claim the ...

Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics. These engineered materials offer precise control over lights behavior, but ...

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 ...

New York, NY—May 8, 2023—Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new class of integrated photonic devices--“leaky-wave metasurfaces”--that can convert light initially confined in an ...

Precision polymer optical component maker GS Plastic Optics (GSPO) is to scale up waveguide production at its facility in Rochester, New York, after winning a supply deal for a new rapid Covid-19 test ...

Fiber-optic waveguide modulators used in communications networks. The modulators, which often require special connectors, work in conjunction with polarization-maintaining (PM) fibers, mostly Panda ...

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...