Abstract: In this letter, we theoretically and experimentally investigate the splicing loss mechanism from a single-mode fiber (SMF) coupled to an endlessly single-mode (ESM) photonic crystal fiber ...

Abstract: Tactile is an important source of information for people to explore the external environment. In the past few decades, researchers have paid special attention to tactile sensors and have ...

Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to fiber-optic cables that carry the internet across oceans. Stanford physicists ...