New technology can carry tens of thousands of times more optical information than traditional fibres, according to research ...

Cables also include fibers of Kevlar and/or steel wires for strength and an outer sheath of plastic or Teflon for protection. For glass fibers, there are two "optical windows" where the fiber is ...

Scientists have developed a new approach to significantly enhance the spatial resolution of distributed temperature sensing using plastic optical fibers (POFs ... Their research is published in ...

Both metal and fibre optic cables can be durable options as both can be designed to meet IP (Ingress Protection) ratings up to IP67. For consistency, fibre optics may be the suitable choice as they ...

Access Communications of Minneapolis has been hired to construct a fiber-optic ring around Scott County for $3.09 million. The 90-mile underground optic fiber will support next year’s switch ...

It’s ancient technology in optical fibre terms, with a lowish data rate and plastic fibre, but consider for a minute whether it could be adapted for modern ultra-high-speed conenctions.

Discover the key differences between fibre optic and metal cables, covering speed, durability, and environmental resistance ...

Community Fibre has acknowledged the “disruption to its service.” Writing on its network status page, the company said: “Our ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Computer science Professor Paul Barford and a team of researchers recently published the first publicly available map of the US's long-haul fiber-optic cable network.

This study presents a breakthrough in distributed temperature sensing with plastic optical fibers, achieving high spatial ...

This figure illustrates the result of distributed temperature sensing using a perfluorinated graded-index plastic optical fiber (POF). The top diagram shows the structure of the sensing POF ...