Morningstar

IEEE Study Demonstrates Optical Fiber Bundles as a Promising Solution for High-Altitude Laser Communication Systems

Experiments show optical fibers could be key to realizing a flexible, distributed architecture for high-speed data links in aircraft PISCATAWAY, N.J., Dec. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Free-space optical ...
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Shrinking endoscopes with meta-optical fibers

Ultra-compact, agile endoscopes with a large field of view (FoV), long depth of field (DoF), and short rigid tip length are essential for developing minimally invasive operations and new experimental ...

Avicena Launches the World’s First microLED Optical Interconnect Evaluation Kit for AI Infrastructure Innovators

Avicena, the pioneer in microLED-based optical interconnects, today announced the LightBundle™ eKit, the industry’s first ...
Nanowerk

Optical Fiber

An optical fiber (or fibre in British English) is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are ...
C&EN

As telecom demands grow, optical fibers will need to level up

A colorful display of plastic optical fibers Commercial optical fibers generally carry light that’s invisible to the eye. The colorful ones shown here transmit visible light, demonstrating how fiber ...
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IEEE study demonstrates optical fiber bundles as a promising solution for high-altitude laser communication systems

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 ...