The Washington Post visited the Corning factory in Midland, N.C. — the largest optical fiber facility in the United States — to see how these cables are made. While Corning’s name is still ...

Optical fiber is a strand of glass that’s been “drawn,” or melted down, to about as thin as a human hair. Light passes through this glass carrying data, providing an internet connection.

Now, researchers have developed an ytterbium-doped optical fiber at room temperature. By avoiding the need for expensive cooling solutions, the proposed method offers a cost-effective platform for ...

Using an optical processor to operate in the E- and S-band ranges, UK researchers hit a transfer rate of 301 terabits per second. By Andrew Paul Published Mar 29, 2024 4:35 PM EDT Get the Popular ...

More information: Isha Sharma et al, Widely FSR tunable high Q-factor microresonators formed at the intersection of straight optical fibers, Optica (2025). DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.565224 ...