Nasa’s first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system links at a rate of more than a gigabit per second – faster than most home internet speeds.

A tiny powerful erbium-based fiber laser on a silicon-nitride photonic chip promises advances in optical communications.

Coherent reaches a manufacturing milestone at its Ipoh, Malaysia, facility.

New methods to couple light to sound waves that glide on surfaces.

New approach could unveil energy-efficient information processing and sophisticated data security.

New approach could enable faster internet or smaller sensors and imaging systems.

New discovery reverses the role of the noise from being harmful to being beneficial to teleportation.

Quantum memory: A small drum can store data sent with light in its sonic vibrations.