Author:Cox, MA; Mphuthi, N; Nape, I; Mashaba, Nikiwe P; Cheng, L; Forbes, ADate:Sep 2020Optical communication is an integral part of the modern economy, having all but replaced electronic communication systems. Future growth in bandwidth appears to be on the horizon using structured light, encoding information into the spatial ...Read more
Author:Mafusire, C; Forbes, A; Michaelis, MM; Snedden, Glen CDate:Jun 2009The graded index (GRIN-like) medium generated by a gas inside a heated pipe when it is rotated about its longitudinal axis has the ability to focus a laser beam. However, recent research has shown that the medium generated has a deleterious ...Read more