But just like a weak radio signal, these optical signals need to be amplified to travel long distances without losing information. The most common amplifiers, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), ...

Modern communication networks require amplified optical signals to cover long distances without losing information. Common ...

Ultra-broadband photonic chip boosts optical signals Date: March 12, 2025 Source: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Summary: Scientists have developed a compact optical amplifier based on ...

Using gallium phosphide-on-silicon dioxide technology, thecompact photonic chip boosts signals with unprecedented efficiency.

The researchers' communication system uses an optical amplifier in the receiver that amplifies the signal with the least possible noise so that its information can be recycled. Just like the glow ...

EPFL researchers have experimentally observed both first- and second-order dissipative phase transitions (DPTs) in a ...

Researchers from EPFL and IBM have developed a groundbreaking photonic-chip-based traveling-wave parametric amplifier (TWPA) ...

The semiconductor laser has revolutionized the way the world communicates, and it is continuously evolving with our ever-increasing demand for higher bandwidths. At the birth of the laser in 1960 ...

LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MACOM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”) today announced the introduction of a new optical amplifier product line in support of free space optical (FSO ...