As the list of companies commercializing continuous fiber 3D printing continues to grow, so does the spectrum of materials, processes, parts sizes, production volumes, applications and end markets. To ...

Researchers at VTT, Finland, have been able to transmit light through an optical fiber based on a wood derivative. The fiber, which is made of cellulose, is best suited for sensors that could benefit ...

A new device based on hollow-core photonic crystal fibre can detect hazardous micrometre-sized airborne pollutants. (Courtesy: Pixabay) Researchers in Germany have developed a novel laser and optical ...

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, ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Southampton in England have produced optical fibers that can transfer data at 99.7% of the universe's speed limit: The speed of light. The researchers have used these ...