A thin strand of glass designed for light transmission. A single hair-thin optical fiber is capable of transmitting trillions of bits per second. In addition to their huge transmission capacity, ...

A storage system that contains multiple optical drives that read and write the media simultaneously. Libraries may hold one disc per drive or have storage for any number of discs or cartridges that ...

IN Mr. Mallock's letter on “Definition, Resolving Power and Accuracy,” published in NATURE of May 27 (vol. 109, p. 678), reference is made to the measurement of star images on eclipse plates, from ...