You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...

Raman distributed optical fiber sensing has been demonstrated to be a mature and versatile scheme that presents great flexibility and effectivity for the distributed temperature measurement of a wide ...

With an applied physics: optics degree, you’ll gain specialized expertise in optics, preparing you for diverse career opportunities in technology, research, and academia. Become who you’re meant to be ...

Scientists have turned a long-standing sci‑fi idea into working hardware, using pure light to move data wirelessly through ...

Why not take the same strands of light that already power the world’s fiber-optic cables and let them travel freely through ...

Engineering physics major Katie Wootten was named a Stephen Halley White Undergraduate Research Award recipient this semester, in recognition of her outstanding research project. The award is the ...

The Google Doodle for November 4 celebrates Charles K. Kao, the Chinese-born British-American physicist. The Nobel laureate is known as the "father of fiber optic communications" for his work that led ...

Last year, fiber-optic drones emerged as a game-changing technology in the Russia-Ukraine War. By transmitting data through fiber-optic cables, these drones are immune to the electronic warfare ...

Double-digit growth means high-speed fiber links are becoming more common in Europe and America. Copper lines keep getting faster, though, and some network operators aren't eager to pay for upgrades.