WASHINGTON, Aug. 15—Optical fiber communication is the backbone for the telecommunications infrastructure that supports the Internet. Fueled by emerging bandwidth-hungry applications and increases in ...

WASHINGTON, March 13—Ultrafast lasers, lasers that emit light pulses that are as short as a few femtoseconds, have enabled a wide-range of fundamental science and applications over the past two ...

It has been known for many years that careful control of the polarization of light can impact optics and photonics technologies. For example, tiny nanostructures are known to be able to capture light ...

Recent progress in chalcogenide glass photonics has been driven by scientific and technological challenges in a variety of areas. These range from increased demand for bandwidth in optical ...