All the world's data – pictures, video, sounds, and text – has to traverse complex networks of optical fibers that crisscross cities, regions, and countries. To better handle the glut of information, a research team from ...
Telecom
Jan 29, 2016
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The largest lithium battery factory in the world is getting a new neighbor at an industrial park east of Reno—the world's biggest data center.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 16, 2015
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Modulators are key components within optical fiber networks and serve to transfer information from an electrical current to a signal suitable for optical fibers. They function by turning a light beam on and off quickly and ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 23, 2014
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Private households are increasingly connecting to the Internet via optical fiber networks, whose bandwidth is suitable for delivering on-demand video. The fibers of the network transmit light simultaneously over many channels ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 20, 2013
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Sandia National Laboratories has become a pioneer in large-scale passive optical networks, building the largest fiber optical local area network in the world.
Telecom
Feb 28, 2013
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Kansas City, beware the story of Vilnius.
Telecom
Jun 1, 2012
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Brazil on Tuesday proposed the creation of a fiber optic broadband connection network linking all South American countries to bring down the cost of Internet and cellular phone access.
Telecom
Nov 29, 2011
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and NTT Communications Corporation have conducted 100 and 40Gbps transmission tests in real field environments using existing installed optical fiber, and have demonstrated for the ...
Telecom
Nov 24, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UA-led Center for Integrated Access Networks, the largest optical research center in the U.S., are developing methods to improve transmission speed, efficiency and reliability of Internet ...
Telecom
Nov 4, 2011
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Light traveling in an optical fiber loses power over distance. A number of factors are responsible for this power loss, but one that is particularly important at high data rates is the loss that occurs due to changes in light ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 19, 2011
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