As data rates in optical networks increase, designers need to pay increasing attention to peculiarities in the fiber-optic medium.One of the most important of these peculiarities is dispersion, ...

Unlike existing photodetectors that construct and integrate wavelength- and/or polarization-sensitive elements in space or time to improve the detection ability (range and sensitivity), this ...

The following terms were defined with the assistance of Panduit Corporation, a leading manufacturer of wiring and network cabling products and Jeff Hecht, noted optical networking consultant and ...

Infinite bandwidth is a term often used to describe the capacity of fiber-optic networks. It’s an exciting concept even though it doesn’t exist in reality. Bandwidth allocation has long been used to ...

A project from the Harvard SEAS lab of metamaterials developer Federico Capasso could help address the issue of unwanted light dispersion in optical systems. This could be a particular benefit for ...

Prisms are commonly used in spectroscopy for dispersing or controlling the direction or polarisation of light. This can be helpful for splitting the incoming light into its wavelength components to ...

An optical spectrometer is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the light spectrum, which has found a wide range of practical applications. Dispersive optical ...

Generating ultrashort laser pulses that last a few femtoseconds is a highly active area of research that is finding applications ranging from micromachining to eye surgery. For optimum results it is ...

University of Toronto Engineering researchers create bio-inspired system that can optimize the wavelength, intensity and dispersion of light reaching building interiors University of Toronto ...