We’re not talking WiFi here, but plain optical signals. Free-space optical communication, or FSO, is an interesting and easy way to transmit signals through light beams. Forget expensive lasers ...

A research team has developed the world's first quantum microsatellite and demonstrated real-time quantum key distribution ...

The demand for high-speed internet has been growing in recent years. The global internet traffic is also growing by 25% ...

Weather forecasting has long been a crucial tool for modern society, shaping agriculture, energy management, climate science, and public health. Traditional forecasts rely on parameters like ...

A retired U.S. Air Force colonel, Cynamon headed the advanced concepts group in the service’s military satcom office in ...

The OSIRIS program aims to develop optical communications technology and systems for the direct downlink from and the direct connection between small satellites – such as those used in earth ...

The global satellite laser communication system market size was US$ 358.8 million in 2021. The global satellite laser communication system market size is forecast to reach US$ 5206.7 million by 2030, ...

This advance could pave the way for more secure communication channels ... weather that often limit the performance of free-space optical systems." The researchers developed the new system ...

[NASA] and a team of partners has demonstrated a space ... and systems to those employed by terrestrial radio systems such as WiFi, broadcast radio, and cellular telephony. Optical communication ...

By carefully designing a tiny spiral waveguide, the researchers created a space where light waves ... it practical for next-generation optical communication systems. The researchers demonstrated ...