Monofilament, including drawn fiber, is extruded from molten polymer resin materials. These resins include very-long-chain polymer molecules. In the melt phase, these molecules are arranged in a ...

Newly developed hardware for making high-transmission optical fiber in zero gravity has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). Launched last week on board a Cygnus cargo ship carrying more ...

Optical fibers are made of glass with different refractive indices in the (inner) core and the (outer) cladding regions. The difference in refractive indices arises due to a rapid transition in the ...

A novel temperature-dependent viscosity mediated strategy proposed by researchers at South China University of Technology was able to suppress the deactivation of Bi dopants during the fiber drawing ...

3D printing of silica glasses and silica optical fiber preforms has recently been proved experimentally. One challenge of 3D printing silica optical fibers performance is how to extend the recent ...

A new method to improve semiconductor fiber optics may lead to a material structure that might one day revolutionize the global transmission of data, according to an interdisciplinary team of ...

Novel technique incorporates fiber and opto-diodes into wearable material creating washable "smart" fabrics. Soft fabrics: MIT and AFFOA's wearable fibers with embedded electronics. Researchers at MIT ...