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Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband
Using an optical processor to operate in the E- and S-band ranges, UK researchers hit a transfer rate of 301 terabits per second.
According to Aston University’s recent profile, you can think of these different wavelength bands as different colors of light shooting through a (largely) standard cable. What’s particularly impressive and promising about the team’s achievement is that they didn’t need new, high-tech fiber optic lines to reach such blindingly fast speeds. “[It] makes greater use of the existing deployed fiber network, increasing its capacity to carry data and prolonging its useful life & commercial value,” said Wladek Forysiak, a professor at the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies.
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