Optical fibers provide an excellent platform for transmitting light over long distances, manipulating it and enhancing ...

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

Waveguides are structures designed to direct and control the propagation of electromagnetic waves from one point to another. They play a crucial role in various fields, including telecommunications, ...

Building integrated-photonic circuits into a new generation of technology requires expanding our view of light guiding to a broad range of optics that transport and manipulate light. What are modal ...

A recent study published in Light: Science & Applications presents a new approach to nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) using compact square-core hollow-core waveguides (HCWs) directly integrated ...