Astrolight CEO Laurynas Mačiulis explains how laser satellite communication could ease spectrum congestion, increase data capacity, and raise new engineering and policy questions for space ...

Digital pre-compensation techniques have emerged as a pivotal tool in modern optical communication systems, addressing the challenges posed by nonlinearity and other system impairments. These methods ...

This Collection invites submissions of original research into methods that support the deployment of optical communication systems, driving advancements in high-speed data transmission and network ...

Cailabs and Astrolight entered into an agreement to launch a satellite mission hosting Astrolight’s space-to-Earth laser communication terminal ATLAS-1. The mutual objective of the mission is to ...

At MWC Barcelona 2026, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (YOFC) presented its end-to-end ...

A new Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) grating modulator has been developed, offering significant advancements in optical efficiency and scalability for communication systems. By integrating a ...

In May 2022, the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) payload onboard a small CubeSat satellite was launched into orbit 300 miles above Earth’s surface. Since then, TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data ...

Credo to showcase its optical solutions for AI scale-out fabrics at the 2026 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC).

Figure 1: Conceptual image of an optical network with optical comb generation and frequency reference distribution which enables automatic frequency synchronization. - Eliminates the need for hundreds ...

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ...

A Chinese research team has developed an integrated communication system bridging optical fiber and wireless networks, setting a new world record for data transmission speed, according to a study ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...