Optical device beams data at speeds up to 25 Gbps via light, up to 25 kilometer range with ultra-low latency - Taara Beam uses silicon ph...

Optical device beams data at speeds up to 25 Gbps via light, up to 25 kilometer range with ultra-low latency - Taara Beam uses silicon ph...

• Optical device beams data at speeds up to 25 Gbps via light, up to 25 kilometer range with ultra-low latency - Taara Beam uses silicon photonics technology, device about as big a

Scientists create ultra-low loss optical device that traps light on a chip

Scientists create ultra-low loss optical device that traps light on a chip

• Scientists create ultra-low loss optical device that traps light on a chip Researchers at CU Boulder have developed highly efficient optical microresonators that could support a

Science · February 24, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 333 words

Twisting optical fiber creates a robust new pathway for light

• Light powers everything from communications to sensing, yet even tiny imperfections can scatter it and weaken signals. • To address this, a team led by the University of Bath-wor

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 153 words

The optical engineering required to photograph an Earth twin

• More and more papers are coming out about the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). • As the telescope moves from theory to practice (and physical manifestation), various

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 138 words

Ultra-efficient optical sensors can keep light circulating longer inside a microscopic chip

• CU Boulder researchers have built high-performing optical microresonators, opening the door for new sensor technologies. • At its simplest form, a microresonator is a tiny device

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 142 words
ACOS: Arrays of Cheap Optical Switches

ACOS: Arrays of Cheap Optical Switches

• Computer Science > Networking and Internet Architecture [Submitted on 19 Feb 2026] Title:ACOS: Arrays of Cheap Optical Switches View PDF HTML (experimental)Abstract:Machine learn

Quantum entanglement pushes optical clocks to new precision

• By replacing single atoms with an entangled pair of ions, physicists in Germany have demonstrated unprecedented stability in an optical clock. • Publishing their results in Physi

Science · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 147 words

Microscopic mirrors for future quantum networks: A new way to make high-performance optical resonators

• Researchers in the Harvard John A. • Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have devised a new way to make some of the sma

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 135 words