First surface-emitting laser using quantum dots targets optical fiber communications by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) ...

- Development of the world's first practical surface-emitting laser suitable for optical fiber communications systems. - Utilization of quantum dots as an optical gain medium, enabled by NICT's ...

The Road To Global Laser Internet The long-term goal of laser communication technology is to create a global, high-speed internet network that is cheap and scalable.

Aerospace Corp. and Spire Global have separately announced successful demonstrations of cubesats establishing two-way laser communications links in space. Both entities shrunk optical systems to ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin plan to conduct its first-ever laser communications test from a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite. If successful, this technology ...

Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) offers an exciting avenue for future encryption research, but it shouldn't be implemented prematurely.

In late July, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) transmitted laser data across 290 million miles from the Psyche spacecraft back to Earth. That's roughly the maximum ...

NASA is speeding up communications in space with experiments aboard the International Space Station, Orion spacecraft and more. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA sees laser networks transmitting data for deep space missions. Credit: NASA As part of an effort to develop communications systems to transmit video feeds of astronauts on the Moon during ...

NASA researchers have successfully tested laser communications in space by streaming 4K video footage originating from an airplane in the sky to the International Space Station and back.