This article compares the performance of other fiber optic glass materials using silica as the baseline and closes with a ...

Silica fibers require spinning tubes on a lathe, which requires the fiber’s core to be precisely centered. ... [Peter] had the fiber optic ring and whip, but no light source.

Researchers have developed a way to use 3-D printing to create a preform that can be drawn into silica glass optical fibers, which form the backbone of the global telecommunications network. This ...

Researchers have developed a way to use 3D printing to create a preform that can be drawn into silica glass optical fibers, which form the backbone of the global telecommunications network. This ...

This new optical fiber with a self-cleaned beam can help in developing applications to, for example, tagging pollutants, ... Non-silica optical fiber with a self-cleaned beam.

CeramOptec Industries, Inc., a worldwide leader in the manufacture of specialty optical fibers, bundles and assemblies, offers non-circular core silica optical fibers for use in applications including ...

Silica optical fibers exhibit intrinsic features such as ultralow loss, a high damage threshold, and a small mode field, enabling the possibility of long-haul communications and sensing, and have ...

According to the Optical Society of America, U.S. researchers have been able to create a practical optical fiber with a silicon core. As they were able to use the same commercial methods that are ...

This new optical fiber with a self-cleaned beam can help in developing applications to, for example, tagging pollutants, ... Non-silica optical fiber with a self-cleaned beam.

These typically come in the form of silica optical fiber, but this design begins to run into trouble at operating temperatures of less than 1,000 °C (1,832 °F).

"Making silica optical fiber involves the labor-intensive process of spinning tubes on a lathe, which requires the fiber's core or cores to be precisely centered," said John Canning who led the ...

The company’s non-circular core silica optical fibers target applications in material processing and astronomy. Allegedly, their square fiber offers a more stable means of transmission than that ...