NII, NTT, Inc. and NTT EAST, Inc. have successfully demonstrated the world's first automated optical transport layer control, ...

Researchers in Germany have unveiled an ultra-fast light switch made of very thin semiconductor ...

An all-optical fiber-optic switching device that maintains the signal as light from input to output. Traditional switches that connect optical fiber lines are electro-optic. They convert photons from ...

There is a fundamental difference between using transparent elements at line sites — degree two junctions with only two fibre directions — and using them at switch sites that have a degree greater ...

Fig. 1. (a) Schematic of the 1x2 optical switch element based on the Ln-Si3N4 hybrid waveguide. (b) Missalignment tolerance of the evanescent coupler in the Y direction. (c) Effective index of the ...

Researchers have developed a high-speed electro-optic switch that is energy-efficient, has low crosstalk and works across a ...

Novel optical switches and modulators based on electro-optical waveguides induced in special liquid crystal arrangements have been developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS, ...

Fiber optic technology is the backbone of modern digital infrastructure, and recent innovations are propelling its capabilities to new heights. In the past few years, breakthroughs in materials, ...

Applications such as self-driving vehicles, 6G mobile communications and quantum communications are pushing fiber optic ...