New Innovations
Laser puts record data rate through fibre
Researchers have set a new record for the rate of data transfer using a single laser: the achieved rate was an amazing 26 terabits per second.
At those speeds, the entire contents of nearly 1,000 high-definition DVDs could be sent down one fibre in a second!
The research was carried out in mid 2011 by Professor Wolfgang Freude at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany.