#Optical

3.2 Petabits per second real-time optical fiber transfer speed world record claimed by Chinese team, equivalent to downloading more than 20,000 4K movies in one second — speed improvement of 30% in one year

Previous top speed achieved using 24-core optical fiber outside of a lab was 2.5 Pb/s by the same team, earlier this year.

CD player manufacturers are relying on a shrinking base of optical drive manufacturers.

Cambridge researchers have created a groundbreaking $10 optical sensor that delivers the precision of laboratory equipment in a device small enough for wearable technology.…

New nanostructure could be used to make lasers that work in the terahertz frequency range

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By combining in-house manufacturing with engineering expertise, Torrent Photonics works with systems developers to create spectrometry solutions that meet the needs of demanding applications

New technique claims 97.8% accuracy and uses less energy than digital neural networks with similar performance

In a study published in Advanced Optical Materials, researchers at Vilnius University (VU) demonstrated perovskite-based laser structures that maintained stable performance over more than 400 million pulses.…

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FTC clearance to acquire Mesh Optical hands Musk the missing layer between Terafab's chips and Gigasat's satellites, amid tightening interconnect AI bottleneck

Sample nests were found after a Russian glide bomb knocked down a tree in Donbas.

Hi everyone,I am currently evaluating window film technologies for a large-scale project and comparing two major players in the industry: Global Window Films and 3M.While 3M is highly recognizable worldwide, I've been looking deeper into the manufacturing…

Learn how outgassing affects optical, semiconductor, and aerospace systems — and how to prevent it

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New measurements reveal distinct fundamental, optical, and transport gaps in ferroelectric oxides, overturning long‑held assumptions about their electronic behaviour