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 ...

DSM (News - Alert) Functional Materials, a developer of high-performance functional coatings and composite materials, and Corning, a provider of specialty glass and ceramics, announced the signing of ...

The UK's leading telecoms provider BT has been trialing a new type of optical fiber that could significantly boost the performance of future 5G networks. Called hollow core fiber, the technology ...

The global network of seafloor cables may be good for more than ferrying digital communication between continents. These fiber-optic cables could also serve as underwater earthquake detectors, ...

Nedia Fiber, a U.S.-based optical fiber cable supplier, and Birla Cable Ltd., a publicly listed global leader in fiber optic cable manufacturing, have formed a strategic alliance to accelerate the ...