This Collection invites submissions of original research into methods that support the deployment of optical communication systems, driving advancements in high-speed data transmission and network ...

Nonseparable vector-structured light overcomes atmospheric turbulence and decipherability in free-space optical communication ...

Recent advances in optical chip technology are tackling long-standing challenges in power consumption, size, and performance. Breakthroughs include field-tested photonic-crystal lasers for free-space ...

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 6-103 mission successfully launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Feb. 24, 2026. Following liftoff, the Falcon ...

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ...

LOS ANGELES – The 2026 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), the premier global event for optical communications and networking, will be held 15 – 19 March 2026, at the Los ...

Scientists break telecom wavelength barrier that previously blocked long distance quantum communication over existing optical ...

Since the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in 2005 for the invention of optical frequency combs, they have become a core technology in information systems. An optical frequency comb consists of a ...

Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Mynaric AG (“Mynaric”), ...

The continually increasing data traffic across the globe is placing greater demands on the capacity of communication systems. A research team from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, has ...

While the wind sector battles bearing failures and blade damage, a quieter revolution is unfolding at the heart of the nacelle. Fibre optic rotary joints are replacing electrical slip rings, promising ...