IT to Provide DWDM System in Kwang-ju

A thin-film, amplitude-only spatial light modulator made from phase-change-based material was developed by researchers at the University of Exeter and the Institute of Optics in Madrid. The...

The swift development of 6G communications using terahertz (THz) electromagnetic waves has intensified the demand for highly sensitive nanoresonators that can detect these waves. Responding to...

The 2023 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) returns to San Diego March 5-9, bringing a projected 12,000-plus attendees, 500-plus exhibitors, and dozens of cutting-edge...

Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) shows strong potential as a platform for integrated photonics, due to its robust electro-optic coefficient, large optical nonlinearity, and wide transparency window....

The Luxtron® M-1100 integrated converter platform from Advanced Energy Industries Inc. offers high-accuracy sensing across a wide temperature range. The system is designed for...

The KTRAV-ST-M10 from SEDI-ATI Fibres Optiques is a fiber optic hermetic feedthrough designed for single- and multimode fibers up to 1000 μm heart. The feedthrough is compatible with applications...

The INX™ 760 from VIAVI is a single, duplex, and multi-fiber probe microscope for reducing time in the construction, activation, and maintenance of complex fiber networks. Utilizing an...

The OE5000 Hi-Q Laser Phase Lock System from OEwaves Inc. allows the offset locking of two individual lasers separated in frequency by as much as 50 GHz. The system features a simple setup with...

Just as an electronic connector provides a pluggable connection between electronic circuits, a fiber optic connector provides an optical one. The goal is joining a fiber to a transmitter, receiver or...

Unlike an edge emitter, a VCSEL has a maximum operating power that is not limited by catastrophic optical damage of the exit aperture because its aperture is larger and its PN junction does not...

As system and cable installers try to optimize their links, the preferred method has become high-speed DWDM. This demand for bandwidth has led to the development of new test and measurement...

Manufacturing the laser diode is complicated by the existence of multiple proprietary techniques and intellectual property barriers together with complex device physics and unique materials. ...

Production-scale testing of silicon photonic devices continues to be a challenge due to the multi-degree-of freedom, high-precision, optical alignments required for wafer- and die-level testing. Wide...

FREE WEBINAR Dr. Hamid Hemmati Supervisor, Optical Communications Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology In this talk, Dr. Hemmati will cover...

Dual-comb ranging (DCR) is a powerful optical metrology technique capable of absolute distance measurements at high-precisions and rapid update rates. Unfortunately, data analysis usually requires...

The use of polarization maintaining (PM) elements based upon optical fibers and waveguides are constantly growing in many applications, including telecommunications, fiber sensing, medical imaging,...

Nonlinear optical materials are substances that exhibit optical properties that are not linearly proportional to the intensity of incident light. In other words, these materials produce optical...

Mode locking is a technique used in optics and laser physics to generate short pulses of light with extremely high peak powers. In mode locking, the phases of different longitudinal modes (specific...

The advanced communication technology satellite (ACTS) was a program developed by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in the United States to demonstrate and advance satellite...

Acousto-optics is a branch of physics that deals with the interaction of sound waves (acoustic waves) and light waves (optical waves) within a medium. It primarily focuses on phenomena where acoustic...

On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Trade Show in Austin, Texas, as new photonics innovations hit the show floor of the Austin Convention Center....

In this episode, we take you to a U.S. National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. Researchers there are leading the charge for "smart"...

Peter O’Brien, director of the PIXAPP Photonics Packaging Pilot Line and head of the photonics packaging group at the Tyndall Institute, overviews the current state of integrated photonics...

2019 President of The Optical Society and Fulbright Scholar Ursula Gibson details her latest work with novel core optical fibers and their function in expanding applications spanning metrology,...

An Nd:YAG laser is a solid-state laser that utilizes neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet as the gain medium. This type of laser emits light at a wavelength of 1064 nm in the infrared region of...

IPG Photonics is the world's leading provider of high power fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers that are revolutionizing performance and utility in a remarkable array of materials processing,...

We are a manufacturer of Diffraction Limited Fiber Coupled Laser Systems, Optical Systems, and Fiber Optic Systems from 240 nm to 6000 nm. Unique products include various sizes of Fiber Collimators,...

Ortel offers high-speed analog devices for today’s evolving wireless networks. Our portfolio also features high-performance sensing products for LIDAR and industrial applications with world...