How Do Fiber Optic Cables Actually Work?

Believe it or not, fiber optic cables have been around since the 1950s, but how do they work? It turns out the answer isn't ...
The Conversation

60 years of fiber optics: How a carrier of light you can’t see underlies much of the modern world

Imagine a world without internet, email, streaming services or social media. Imagine having to write letters or call everyone on a rotary dial phone to communicate. Imagine having to drive to a store ...

Fiber-optic cables detect silent whales off Svalbard by tracking pressure waves

A 100-year-old equation and a fiber-optic cable off the coast of Svalbard led researchers to discover they could detect swimming whales—even if they were completely silent. The discovery broadens the ...
DatacenterDynamics

High-density multicore fiber as a sustainability lever

As operators face increasing pressure to scale AI infrastructure sustainably, Corning’s Carly Gaj shares why the industry ...
Nature

Nanosecond-latency all-optical fiber sensing with in-sensor computing

Optical fiber sensing plays a crucial role in modern measurement systems and holds significant promise for a wide range of applications. This potential, though, has been fundamentally constrained by ...
Nature

Optical fiber sensor for water velocity measurement in rivers and channels

In this work, optical fiber Bragg grating sensors were used to measure water velocity and examine how it was distributed in open channels. Several types of coatings were incorporated into the design ...