Streamlined method to directly generate photons in optical fiber could secure future quantum internet

With the rise of quantum computers, the security of our existing communication systems is at risk. Quantum computers will be able to break many of the encryption methods used in current communication ...
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Lightel rides the laser boom as satellite demand lifts revenue and margins

Lightel Technologies, a fiber optic component maker headquartered in Seattle, has emerged as a key supplier in the rapidly ...

This Game-Changing Laser Is Smaller, Smarter, and Shockingly Powerful

A team of researchers has created a powerful new laser that fits on a microchip. It’s faster, more affordable, and easier to tune than existing precision lasers. The breakthrough could transform ...

Researchers pioneer fluid-based laser scanning for brain imaging

When Darwin Quiroz first started working with optics as an undergraduate, he was developing atomic magnetometers. That ...
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First Partner to the Stars: Muon Space Adopts Starlink Lasers for Millisecond Data Transfer

By integrating Starlink's mini laser technology, Muon Space will eliminate ground station bottlenecks to build a high-speed, real-time network in orbit.
IEEE

Distributed Vibration Sensing Using a 3 MHz linewidth DFB laser over 55.9 km of Weakly-Coupled Multicore Fiber Enabled by Balanced Delay Line Laser Interferometry

Abstract: We propose balanced delay line laser interferometry to effectively mitigate the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) degradation caused by laser phase noise. For the first time, we demonstrate ...
IEEE

Single-Longitudinal Mode Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Laser Using Four 2 × 2 Fiber Couplers for Multiple Subring Ring Cavities

Abstract: In this paper, we present a single-longitudinal mode (SLM) Ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) featuring a six-subring cavity (SSRC) structure. The YDFL achieves SLM output through use of the ...
C&EN

In-Phase Coherent Parallel-Coupled Analysis of Two-Dimensional Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Arrays with Talbot Cavity

Institute of Advanced Technology on Semiconductor Optics and Electronics, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China ...