Project EPOS (Extremely Powerful Optical Sources) will see two different amplifier systems developed: one for terrestrial use and one for use in space. (Image: G&H)
The firm will develop next-generation optical amplifiers to enable multi-Tbit/s FSOC links between satellites and ground-stations
The platform co-integrates III-V lasers, semiconductor optical amplifiers, electro-absorption modulators and photodetectors with silicon photonics devices, all monolithically on a single chip
LiFi (light fidelity) enables the communication of data at exceptionally high speeds via led lighting. (Image: Shutterstock/Sentavio)
The innovation was demonstrated for automotive and consumer applications at CES last week
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Researchers detail how two relatively unexplored semiconducting materials can satisfy the demand for more data at greater speeds
The paper demonstrates the technical feasibility of integrating CMOS switching functionality with single-mode optical interfaces within the same package
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks with Ben Rubovitch, co-founder and CEO at DustPhotonics, a supplier of optical technology for silicon photonics
A hollow-core optical fibre. Credit: Malak Galal, Fan Yang, Flavien Gyger, Luc Thévenaz/EPFL
'Our technology can be applied to any type of light, from infrared to ultraviolet, and to any gas,' the researchers said.
Progress is being made on entanglement methods that can work in mainstream telecom wavelengths, in conventional networks, finds Andy Extance
'This technology has exciting potential for mass-market applications,' said Benoit Miscopein, CEA-Leti research scientist
Carlos Lee talks to Thierry Georges, CEO of Oxxius, a developer of continuous-wave laser modules
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Tiny nanodiamonds are being used to dramatically optimise the calibration of optical microscopes, Matthew Dale finds
After the test disk is placed inside the chamber, some fine tuning is required to ensure they are horizontal and perfectly centred (credit: Caltech)
LIGO scientists have developed a new mirror coating that could dramatically increase the observatory's detection rate of gravitational waves
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Advances in research have made strides in the improvement of wearable and AR/VR displays
LLNL optical engineers Justin Wolfe (left) and Simon Cohen are seen through the 'r' filter (credit: Garry McLeod)
A telescope, described as one of the world’s newest, has been completed following a project undertaken by researchers to develop some very specialist optical filters
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Advances in optical prisms are being used to help researchers gain a greater understanding of space and astronomy
Universities offering associate degrees for optics technicians could help answer the photonics skills shortage, finds Jessica Rowbury
