Researchers have developed an all-light communication network that enables seamless connectivity across space, air and underwater environments. The new network design combines different types of light ...

Visible light communication (VLC) harnesses the visible spectrum, typically emitted by light-emitting diodes or laser diodes, to transmit data in addition to providing illumination. By modulating the ...

In the race to develop faster and more flexible wireless communication technologies, researchers are turning to an unexpected source: the same organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) found in smartphone ...

A VLC system consisting of a transmitter and a receiver was constructed, and a serializer/deserializer using 8B13B coding was implemented on an FPGA. The data modulated onto the LED light were ...

With the evolution of the sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication toward a space-air-ground-sea integrated network, massive data-centric applications, such as augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR), ...

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Amici direct vision prism. Image by D-Kuru. CC BY-SA 3.0 Scientists have developed a new platform that produces ultrashort UV-C laser pulses and detects them at room temperature using atom-thin ...

Warp-drives are solutions of general relativity widely considered unphysical due to high negative energy requirements. Most research has focused on macroscopic solutions towards the goal of ...

Since the 1990s, the implementation of optical wireless communication has slowly grown across the world. While the emerging technology's benefits seem promising, it also comes with unique challenges ...

The last couple of decades have brought a significant increase in wireless access technologies. As wireless technologies continue to evolve, alternate wireless sources have become available, such as ...