Back before the dawn of time (or at least, before wireless tech was as prevalent as it is now), the optical port served an ...

A transmission system that uses light pulses over the air rather than in an optical fiber. The entire light range from infrared to ultraviolet is employed in various systems. See visible light ...

In the future, equipping rooms with 'optical wireless hotspots' that enable fast free-space data transmission to laptops or mobile phones by means of light beams rather than radio waves ...

More information: Kosala Herath et al, Symmetrical Modular Optical Phased Array With Combined Spatial and Amplitude ...

in enhancing optical wireless communication (OWC) technologies. Researchers compared the performance of different optical antennas (OAs) using various organic fluorophores to improve the ...