Schematic diagram and microscopic observation of an optical fiber doped with rare-earth atoms. The fluorescence from the entire optical fiber can be seen. (b) Schematic diagram and microscopic ...
Researchers have developed, for the first time in the world, incoherent dielectric tensor tomography (iDTT), a technology ...
Scientists have demonstrated a new fiber-optic sensing method that detects strain and displacement by reading interference ...
Researchers at Stanford have developed a compact optical amplifier that dramatically boosts light signals using very little ...
Scientists have created tiny “optical tornadoes” — swirling beams of light that twist like miniature whirlwinds — using a ...
In the push to shrink and enhance technologies that control light, MIT researchers have unveiled a new platform that pushes the limits of modern optics through nanophotonics, the manipulation of light ...
- Development of the world's first practical surface-emitting laser suitable for optical fiber communications systems. - Utilization of quantum dots as an optical gain medium, enabled by NICT's ...