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NEWS ABOUT: Fiber optics

Fiber optics stories: 2 news summaries

 Fiber-Optic Mics 
 Eavesdrop on Thieves 

OptaSense can identify footsteps, vehicles
from miles away

Aug 21, 09 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Major oil companies are relying on a new fiber-optic technology to keep an underground ear on intruders, the Independent reports. Devised by a British defense firm, the OptaSense system consists of microphones placed along sensitive fiber-optic cables already laid underground. The cables sense vibrations, the mics pick it up, and... More »

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oil • terrorism • counterterrorism • surveillance • Fiber optics • oil production • fiber optic cables

Trapping the Colors of the Fiber Rainbow

Researchers say halting and storing light would revolutionize computing

Nov 18, 07 10:41 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the immutable laws of physics is that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, about 186,000 miles per second. But The Economist reports new research shows it may be possible to slow down light to a virtual halt, and even store it. If that could... More »

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speed of light • Fiber optics • refractive index • University of Surrey • Ortwin Hess • Goos H�nchen shift

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