Self-configuring optical devices automatically learn how to sort out light

Light can be sculpted into countless shapes. Yet building optical devices that can simultaneously manipulate many different ...
Scientific American

New ‘Glass Straw’ Fibers Could Speed Up the Internet

A new type of hollow optical fibre promises to boost the amount of data that can be carried in each glass strand, and to do so over longer distances. This could help to make telecommunications systems ...
Wired

This Modular Phone Concept Is Xiaomi’s Plan to Kill the Camera Bump

At Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Xiaomi showed WIRED a new concept phone with a detachable lens that connects magnetically and transfers power and data. (The brand hosted WIRED at its media ...
Digital Trends

HDMI ARC or digital optical: What’s the difference, and which is best for you?

If you have a fancy home theater system with a soundbar and surround sound speakers, then how you connect it to your TV is an important consideration. There are legacy options you may be more familiar ...
SpaceNews

Is SpaceX poised to shake up optical terminal sales?

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Given its dominance in the launch market and Starlink’s explosive growth in satellite communications, what impact will SpaceX have on the optical terminal business? At the ...
The Droid Guy

How To Use The Optical Out Spdif Port On Your Pc

Connecting your PC to a home audio system using the S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) port is a straightforward process that can significantly enhance your audio experience. Here’s a detailed ...
Electronic Design

Multi-Terabit Interconnect Solutions for AI/ML Data Centers

How data centers are evolving to meet the challenges of AI/ML computing. Pros and cons of common copper and optical interconnect solutions. Benefits of RF transmission over plastic cable (e-Tube) for ...
IEEE

Differentiation of optical active form and racemic form of amphetamine-type stimulants by terahertz spectroscopy

Abstract: Abuse of amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) is increased in Japan. Most ATS has optical isomers and their stimulatory effects are different between optical active forms and racemic form. We ...
Computer Weekly

SEA-ME-WE 4 doubles undersea capacity with optical link

Looking to meet the ever-growing demand for bandwidth and deliver more flexible, durable and cost-effective connectivity, the SEA-ME-WE 4 cable consortium has turned to Ciena to deploy advanced, ...
Inverse

101 years ago, physicists made a critical discovery we still don’t understand

Nobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission. Fission is one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, yet Hahn considered something else to be his best ...
Scientific Research Publishing

E. Gil-Av and D. Nurok, “Resolution of Optical Isomers by Gas Chromatography of Diastereomers,” In: J. C. Giddings and R. A. Keller, Eds., Advances in Chromatography ...

ABSTRACT: A method for the analysis of the optical purity of a series of chiral substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) was developed. The method is based on pre-column derivatization of the ...