Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

MANILA, Philippines – The two giant telcos PLDT and Globe recently announced testing for a relatively new kind of internet transmission method called “laser internet.” As the name implies, the method ...

Astound, Service Electric Cable TV, Comcast/Xfinity and Verizon Fios are expanding their fiber optic networks. What that ...

The global network of seafloor cables may be good for more than ferrying digital communication between continents. These fiber-optic cables could also serve as underwater earthquake detectors, ...

One of the world’s most peculiar test beds stretches above Princeton, New Jersey. It’s a fiber optic cable strung between three utility poles that then runs underground before feeding into an ...

• Recent developments in plastic optical cable have brought down prices. • Optical fiber can be an economical way of warding off problems caused by electromagnetic interference. Researchers at NASA’s ...