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World’s first standard cladding diameter 19-core optical fiber with record transmission capacity

- 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 ...
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World’s first implementation of a 4-core standard cladding diameter multi-core fiber transmission unit in a real system handling uncompressed 8K video

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: TOKUDA Hideyuki Ph.D.) the Advanced ICT Research Institute, ASTRODESIGN, Inc. (President and CEO: NANBA Toyoaki), ...
Electronic Design

Fiber-Optic Communications: Tailoring the Fiber to the Task

Many communication fibers are optimized for specific applications, such as fiber to the home, transport inside data centers, or ocean-spanning submarine cables. One size does not fit all in the ...
Nanowerk

In-fiber photoelectric device based on graphene coated tilted fiber grating

(Nanowerk News) Optical fiber-based devices have become hugely successful for the development, maturity and extensive applications of fiber communication and sensing technologies. However, it has been ...
Science Daily

Optical fiber sensor provides simple and sensitive detection of arsenic in drinking water

Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low levels of arsenic in water. Researchers have developed a new optical sensor ...