A research team from the University of Electro-Communications in Japan has invented a fiber optic system that transmits both data and power over the same cable. A research team from the University of ...

Hollow-core fiber guides light through air for faster transmission than glass Microsoft-backed researchers claim record-low signal loss in new fiber design Ultra-thin glass membranes reduce energy ...

A team of Microsoft-backed researchers has unveiled a new type of hollow core optical fiber that promises unprecedented speed and lower latency for the internet. This breakthrough was published this ...

Despite the modern world relying heavily on digital optical communication, there has not been a significant improvement in the minimum attenuation—a measure of the loss of optical power per kilometer ...

In a world where milliseconds matter and data volumes are exploding, the networks that connect our digital lives are quietly approaching a breaking point. Every time we stream a movie, query an AI ...

What just happened? A Microsoft-backed research team has set a new benchmark for optical fiber performance, developing a hollow-core cable that posts the lowest optical loss ever recorded in the ...

- An optical fiber with 19 cores within a standard cladding diameter was developed, enabling a transmission capacity of 1.7 petabits per second. - Randomly coupled multi-core fibers require less power ...

Why it matters: A technological leap in fiber optics has shattered previous limitations, achieving what experts once considered impossible: transmitting data at 1.02 petabits per second – enough to ...

Florida's Relativity Networks says it has raised $4.6M in 'pre-seed' funding as it deploys CREOL-developed fibers. Relativity Networks, an Orlando-based startup focused on hollow-core fibers (HCF) ...