3M Aerospace's High-Intensity Fiber Optic Flashlight System is designed for inspecting aircraft because it offers a direct bright light that fits into tiny spaces, without creating glare or shadows.

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Faculty study light-based systems, light-based components, and the underlying physical behavior of light. At a fundamental level, these faculty research basic physical processes of light, including ...

Researchers have taken an important new step in advancing the performance of resonator fiber optic gyroscopes, a type of fiber optic sensor that senses rotation using only light. Because gyroscopes ...

Tubular laser beams can create what amount to fiber-optic cables made of thin air, researchers report in a study to appear in Physical Review X. Laser-heated air can efficiently transmit light signals ...

A new fiber-optic sensor made from stretchy rubber rather than glass can be integrated into wearable electronics and measure movement. The sensors can also quantify the force of stretching, bending, ...

An ongoing project to install fiber optic cable to increase bandwidth and data transmission speeds is shedding light on how two federal agencies are partnering to reduce costs and improve ...

3M Aerospace is offering its High Intensity Fiber-Optic Flashlight System to aid in the inspection of aircraft structures, fuel tanks and insulation. The flashlight was designed to direct bright, high ...