optical fibre | Colin Barras

Pulses of darkness let digital data travel farther

by Colin | Jun 15, 2010 | Journalism | 0

Optical fibres can carry data for longer distances if it is encoded in pulses of darkness – and a...

by Colin | Oct 21, 2009 | Journalism | 0

An all-optical switch could boost the performance of the plastic optical fibres widely tipped for...

by Colin | Oct 6, 2009 | Journalism | 0

The Nobel prize in physics is shared by the inventors of optical fibres and of the chips that made...

by Colin | Sep 28, 2009 | Journalism | 0

Time lenses can send 27 times as much data down standard optical fibre network links. Read...

by Colin | Nov 12, 2008 | Journalism | 0

Thanks to a new technique, DNA strands can be easily converted into tiny fibre optic cables that...