Imagine a world without internet, email, streaming services or social media. Imagine having to write letters or call everyone on a rotary dial phone to communicate. Imagine having to drive to a store ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — GFiber is rolling out a fiber optic internet network for homes and businesses across the Las Vegas Valley. To mark the launch, GFiber is hosting a community event on Tuesday from 4 ...

Moving photonic ICs into the same package as silicon helps improve performance, but lasers remain outside. A new monolithic laser array allows hundreds of colors, each individually software-tunable ...

Laser cutting is not a one-size-fits-all technology. From hobby crafts to industrial metal fabrication, different laser cutters are designed for very different jobs. Choosing the wrong type can limit ...

A compact ultraviolet-B (UV-B) semiconductor laser diode emitting at 318 nm under continuous-wave operation at room-temperature. The device demonstrates stable UV-B lasing on a low-cost sapphire ...

The Village of Orland Park in Chicago's southwest suburbs has halted all construction permits for fiber-optic projects after a surge of complaints. The village said it is withholding permits until ...

Many of the world’s largest and most devastating earthquakes strike beneath the ocean, where the lack of sensors makes quick warnings difficult. Most monitoring stations are on land. “If we have a big ...

Last year, fiber-optic drones emerged as a game-changing technology in the Russia-Ukraine War. By transmitting data through fiber-optic cables, these drones are immune to the electronic warfare ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Carson broke ground Wednesday morning, Sept. 3, on the South Bay’s first investment in high-speed broadband for residents. The $27 million fiber optic ...