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UK SCIENTISTS ACHIEVE A RECORD OF 301 TERABITS PER SECOND IN REGULAR FIBER-OPTIC

Fiber Optic

Fiber Optic

See! British scientists at Aston University researchers have announced a breakthrough in internet data transmission speed technology, achieving a remarkable 301,000 Gbps transmission rate over a standard optical fiber, a 4.5 million times faster than average home broadband.

Using a single, standard optical fiber, researchers transferred data at a rate of 301,000,000 megabits per second

In contrast, Multiband Transmission (MBT), although constrained by the overall bandwidth of the installed standard single mode fiber (SSMF), only requires upgrades at the node and operator levels,” the researchers stated. They conducted their experiment using a 50-kilometer-long optical fiber.

The milestone harnessed new wavelength bands and essentially introduced additional colors not utilized in current optical fiber cables. ,

“Data transmission occurred through an optical fiber similar to a standard home or office internet connection,” said Dr. Ian Phillips, a researcher at Aston University, explained

“optical amplifiers and optical gain equalizers” capable of accessing the E-band and S-bands in addition to the commercially available C and L-bands. “Before our device’s development, no one had successfully replicated the E-band channels in a controlled manner,” said Dr. Ian Phillips

Aston University’s research paper notes that these methods often necessitate a complete upgrade of the optical fiber network.

Other scientists also have achieved even faster internet speeds exceeding 1 million Gbps by dividing optical light into more wavelengths for enhanced data transmission rates.

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