Manufacturing of fiber optic glass in microgravity is seen as a better way to make glass fibers with fewer imperfections that scatter light signals.
Credit: NASA
NASA plans to study the manufacturing of exotic glass fibers in the microgravity of space for use in quantum sensing and communications applications. Noting that quantum technologies are a national research and development priority, the aerospace agency notes that heavy metal fluoride glasses are of...
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