Researchers Have Discovered How to Hit Data Speeds of 44.2 Tbps on Existing Fiber-Optic Technology

[Tsing]

Image: tommyvideo (Pixabay)



Wouldn’t it be cool if you could download 1000 HD movies in a single second? That could be a reality in the further future. A research team led by Monash University’s Dr Bill Corcoran, RMIT’s Distinguished Professor Arnan Mitchell, and Swinburne’s Professor David Moss have set a new, blazing internet speed record of 44.2 terabits per second. What’s particularly noteworthy is that they managed this feat over existing fiber-optic technology.



The key to this experiment was a tiny optical chip called a micro-comb, which was used in place of traditional laser-based telecommunications hardware. “It acts like a rainbow made up of hundreds of high quality infrared lasers from a single chip, and each ‘laser’ has the capacity to be used as a separate communications channel,”...

Continue reading...

 

[Grimlakin]

That's so awesome. Now the big broadband providers can offer gigabit for 400% profit while maintaining the exact same pricing structure.

 

[Eduardo_Domingot]

That's so awesome. Now the big broadband providers can offer gigabit for 400% profit while maintaining the exact same pricing structure.

I used to care about these tech upgrades before I felt the EXACT same way as you.