Triplett is pleased to announce the FiberTest VFL. The FiberTest VFL is a visual fiber fault locator with a powerful 5mW 650nm laser. This tool performs visual check of fiber optic cables with its ...

“To my knowledge, this is the first example of this technique used under the sea,” says geoscientist Philippe Jousset of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, who has used fiber to sense ...

For the localization of fiber breaks, for continuity testing or for the identification of stressed fiber areas IMM Photonics offers different fiber test devices including adapters and fiber cleaners.

The same fiber optic networks that provide internet can simultaneously act as earthquake sensors, as demonstrated in a new study. In California, thousands of miles of fiber optic cables crisscross the ...

Why it matters: Observing seismic events like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis is currently possible through land-based equipment and satellites. However, two-thirds of the Earth that is ...

Beneath the cerulean waters of Monterey Bay, just a few miles southeast of Santa Cruz, California, a never-before-seen cluster of faults has been found lurking on the ocean floor. These newly spotted ...

In California, thousands of miles of fiber optic cables crisscross the state, providing people with internet. But these underground cables can also have a surprising secondary function: they can sense ...