The figure shows the Brillouin-gain-spectrum map obtained along a 13-m single-mode silica fiber. The upper diagram marks a ~1.1-m strained section. The lower color plot displays the corresponding ...
The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) today published a research paper, An Introduction to Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing ...
A project at Caltech has developed a fiber optic-based method to measure soil moisture in the shallow subterranean region between the surface and underground aquifers. Reported in Nature ...
Defect-engineered zinc oxide converts tiny reversible strains into near-infrared light, opening a rare-earth-free path to ...
(Nanowerk Spotlight) At the scale of individual atoms, materials behave in ways that defy everyday intuition. Stretch a metal wire by a few micrometers and its resistance changes only slightly.