- Development of the world's first practical surface-emitting laser suitable for optical fiber communications systems. - Utilization of quantum dots as an optical gain medium, enabled by NICT's ...

Scientists have demonstrated new laser systems for deep-space optical communication. Researchers report new results from the NASA Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration ...

These systems use mechanical gimbals to redirect the optical components as needed to maintain a link with another stationary or moving transceiver. However, aircraft would need multiple of them to ...

The roots of the present-day Internet can be found in the terrestrial Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), funded by ARPA, a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), back in the ...

On July 7, ESA, the European Space Agency, successfully established Europe’s first deep-space optical communication link with NASA’s Psyche mission using a high-power fiber laser system from NKT ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that all success criteria, including an additional success, were achieved without performance degradation during a ...

"Thermal confidence at the treatment site can change what's possible for next-generation vascular tools," said Charles Golub, Medical Marketing at Lightera. "Our goal is to help medical device ...

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, ...

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 ...

Kyocera demonstrated a breakthrough in underwater wireless optical communication, achieving speeds of 5.2 Gbps using laser technology. This system is 2.5 times faster than conventional methods, ...