As data rates in optical networks increase, designers need to pay increasing attention to peculiarities in the fiber-optic medium.One of the most important of these peculiarities is dispersion, ...

The relentless demand for higher bandwidth and lower latency in global telecommunications continues to drive innovation in fibre optic systems. Dispersion, the phenomenon where different wavelengths ...

A good dose of electronic dispersion compensation will open your eyes to 10 Gb/s Ethernet's possibilities. Because the wiring plant represents a large part of a network's cost, achieving higher data ...

Researchers have developed a way to use 3D printing to create a preform that can be drawn into silica glass optical fibers, which form the backbone of the global telecommunications network. This new ...

As the demand for bandwidth and high-speed transport grows, so does the use of fiber-optic based transport. One of the enabling technologies associated with optical transport are Fiber Bragg gratings ...

The recent development in the utilization of flexible optical fiber sensors and the prospective application scenarios were then summarized, which encompass human activity monitoring and healthcare, ...

Several factors are driving the popularity of optical fiber cabling. Chief among those is the growth of high-tech applications that require the massive bandwidth fiber-optic cabling makes possible.