Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they've become a major part of everything from medical devices to high-speed internet and cable TV. But as it turns out, one group of ...
Part of the challenge is that the optical fiber inside the cladding is often very small — as few as 9 microns. That’s a small target to hit without some alignment help, which [Les] uses a ...
Abstract: The maintenance and repair of optical fiber networks often require the identification of underground cables among a group of buried ones. Presently, the commonly used methods are either ...
McCoy wanted to know why that might be. In a paper published in Nature Communications, she and her colleagues conclude that the structure of the heart cockle's shell operates as its own kind of fiber ...
There's a sea creature that uses its own kind of fiber-optic cables to channel light to the algae living inside it. Wrap your head around that one. Science reporter Ari Daniel explains this could have ...
A shift in data consumption patterns, including cloud computing and the proliferation of video content, has led to an increasing need for fast data transfer via optical fiber cables. This demand ...