Australian, Japanese, Dutch and Italian researchers used a newly developed optical fiber with the thickness of human hair to carry out a record speed test. More specifically, they set the record for industry standard optical fiber after achieve achieving 1.7 petabits per second data transmission, or the equivalent to the combined speed of 17 million NBN broadband internet connections.
Current fiber technology have a single core that carries multiple light signals, thus limiting them to only a few Terabits per second due to interference between the signals. They increased capacity using thicker fibers, with this one containing 19 cores that can each carry a signal. Who knows, we may even see such an internet connection on the Moon sooner than later.
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Decades of optics research around the world has allowed the industry to push more and more data through single fibers. They’ve used different colors, different polarizations, light coherence, and many other tricks to manipulate light,” said Dr Simon Gross, ARC Future Fellow, School of Engineering, MQ Photonics Research Center.
