These aragonite crystals are arranged in micron-sized tubes that function like fiber-optic cables, guiding light with exceptional precision, while filtering out harmful ultraviolet radiation that ...

Sensing rotation with light Resonator fiber optic gyroscopes use two lasers that ... but when the coil is rotating, the resonance frequencies shift relative to each other in a way that can be ...

Scientists have discovered a new form of light that could make the fiber optics used for internet ... Angular momentum measures how much something is rotating, and physicists have always thought ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A single fiber-optic can light up computer screens. This innovation put in place by L.E.S.S., a recently formed spin-off of EPFL, brings energy savings of 30% while boosting ...