Using light to hear the whales
On October 10, 2025, just under two kilometers of fiber optic cable were laid offshore the San Juan islands in a trial that could demonstrate the global potential that thousands of miles of existing fiber
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UW scientists looking at using fiber-optic cables to
The project aims to track the sounds of marine mammals, such as the southern resident orcas, with underwater fiber optic cables. It''s the same kind of cable that many use to connect to the...
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University of Washington Photonic Sensing Facility will
The oceanographers at UW will use fiber-optic cables connecting to a seafloor observatory to monitor ocean faults and eavesdrop on whales. The
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Seismologists tapped into the fiber optic cable network to study
In a recent study, University of Washington researchers tapped into the Ocean Observatory Initiative''s Regional Cabled Array, which spans the offshore plate boundary and
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Seismologists tapped into the fiber optic cable network to study
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UW researcher launches new technology for underwater acoustics
On Oct. 10, Abadi and her team deployed two kilometers of brand-new fiber optic cable to record higher-frequency signals. The study intends to compare DAS findings to that of hydrophones to...
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FiberLab at UW – Enabling transformative science through easily
We have diverse expertise including deploying submarine cables, working in remote environments, using optical multiplexing on lit telecommunications fibers, and using GPU-based edge computing.
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University of Washington Photonic Sensing Facility will use fiber-optic
The oceanographers at UW will use fiber-optic cables connecting to a seafloor observatory to monitor ocean faults and eavesdrop on whales. The university''s civil engineers will
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Multi-Span Fiber Sensing Expands Reach of OOI Regional Cabled
The UW investigators William Wilcock, Brad Lipovsky, Marine Denolle and Shima Abadi collaborated with Mikael Mazur, and Nicolas Fontaine at Nokia Bell Labs to test an exciting new
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Repurposing fiber optic cables to revolutionize marine conservation
In October 2025, two kilometers of fiber optic cable were laid in Haro Strait off the coast of Washington in a trial that could demonstrate the global potential that thousands of miles of existing fiber optic cable
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UW scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save
With some 870,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers) of fiber-optic cables already installed underwater globally, the infrastructure for ocean monitoring largely exists. It just needs to be tapped.
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