You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...

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 ...

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, ...

Astound, Service Electric Cable TV, Comcast/Xfinity and Verizon Fios are expanding their fiber optic networks. What that ...

Japanese telecom firm NTT and Tokyo-based electronics giant Toshiba are working on new ways around this problem. In November, ...

The data center network has reached a critical point. As companies race to build massive XPU clusters for AI, traditional ...

Researchers from Zhejiang Lab have proposed a novel spatiotemporal mode multiplexing technology, coupling pulsed orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams with diffractive deep neural networks (D2NN) and ...

CONA (Certified Optical Network Associate), an introductory course in optical networking, is a great training program for recent graduates, technicians, and engineers interested in the design, ...

Researchers have developed a fiber neural network system that performs intelligent processing of optical communication signals directly in the light domain. This approach integrates optical ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a powerful new optical chip that can process almost 2 billion images per second. The device is made up of a neural network that processes ...

Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...