A direct UV writing technique that can create multiple Bragg gratings and waveguides in a planar silica-on-silicon chip is ... a wide variety of sensors have been enabled by optical technology ...

Interferometers, devices that can modulate aspects of light, play the important role of modulating and switching light ...

Scientists at EPFL and IBM Research have developed a compact optical amplifier based on a photonic chip that vastly outperforms traditional optical amplifiers in both bandwidth and efficiency. This ...

Smarter, Faster, and More Efficient Signal Boosting A new optical amplifier is changing the game. Unlike conventional amplifiers, this chip-based breakthrough leverages optical nonlinearity rather ...

Optical fibers provide an excellent platform for transmitting light over long distances, manipulating it and enhancing ...