Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low ...

Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low ...

The Metal Jacket series of fibres from Fiberguide Industries are coated with gold and aluminium for high strength. The coating preserves the fibre's mechanical strength and provides resistance ...

The use of this new fibre design allowed researchers to exploit a technique known as cladding pumping, which involves a fibre whose rare-earth-doped core (typically with an NA in the range of 0.06 ...

An optical fiber is constructed of a transparent core made of nearly pure silicon dioxide (SiO2), through which the light travels. The core is surrounded by a cladding layer that reflects light ...

The growth of the claddings market is primarily driven by rapid urbanization and the booming construction industry, which ...

Part of the challenge is that the optical fiber inside the cladding is often very small — as few as 9 microns. That’s a small target to hit without some alignment help, which [Les] uses a ...