Discovery Cuts Cost Of Next Generation Optical Fibers
Scientists have discovered a way of speeding up the production of hollow-core optical fibers — a new generation of optical fibers that could lead to faster and more powerful computing and telecommunications technologies.
The procedure, described in the journal Optics Express, cuts the production time of hollow-core optical fibers from around a week to a single day, reducing the overall cost of fabrication.
Initial tests show that the fiber is also superior in virtually every respect to previous versions of the technology, making it an important step in the development of new technologies that use light instead of electrical circuits to carry information.
These technologies include faster optical telecommunications, more powerful and accurate laser machining, and the cheaper generation of x-ray or ultra-violet light for use in biomedical and surgical optics.
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