3D-printed ceramic waveguide lasers could surpass the power of glass fiber lasers by 10 times

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At the bottom of the ocean, optical fibers transmit telecommunications and internet data around the world. Waveguides make that feat possible by channeling and amplifying the light—and therefore the data within—over enormous distances.