A chip‑scale laser array with integrated beam shaping enables ultrafast, energy‑efficient optical wireless links for indoor ...

A new version of Cisco’s Routed Optical Networking promises to simplify complex, multilayer networks by converging the IP and optical layers and minimizing the functional overlap. The software is ...

Researchers at Trinity have developed a new light-based technology on a tiny chip that could help make the data centers ...

Optical networks are the backbone of modern high-speed communication systems, enabling vast data throughput over extensive geographical areas. With the increasing demand for secure data transmission, ...

At the OFC 2026 conference, Nokia showed how its Infinera acquisition and vertical integration provide the optical ...

Optical networking is riding an AI-fueled wave of popularity that is driving opportunities from traditional scale-across ...

Nokia noted the need to bolster its optical offering amid rising AI traffic and data center interconnect requirements. According to the company, its latest products have been desi ...

Remember those World War II Navy movies where a sailor on one ship signaled to another by flashing Morse code with a large, shutter-equipped spotlight? The receiving ship then flashed the same message ...

Elastic optical networks (EONs) represent a paradigm shift in optical communication by replacing fixed, rigid spectral grids with dynamically adjustable frequency slots. This flexibility facilitates ...

A single MXene-based optical gate switches between seven Boolean logic functions via voltage, enabling trainable photonic ...

Several important new standards for optical networking were adopted by the Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in November. The new standards provide the ability to combine ...