A research team from Australia recorded the speed of the Internet at 44.2 terabits per second; the world's fastest internet data speed yet, all from the same optical chip.
This speed is enough to download 1000 HD movies in a split second, An advance that can help increase the capacity of network connections worldwide.
According to a study printed in the journal Nature Communications, the new innovation will quickly find the telecommunications capabilities of countries struggling with a requirement on Internet infrastructure.
Scientists say they have achieved this speed by adding their new device to existing fiber-optic technology used in broadband Internet networks.
Initially, it would be attractive for ultra-speed communication between data centers, said Arnan Mitchell, author of the study at RMIT University in Australia.
A special optical chip called Micro Combs has developed by researchers from Monash, Swinburne, and RMIT universities. These chips are capable of emitting hundreds of high-quality infrared lasers with similar transmissions, such as a rainbow, where each ‘laser’ has a separate communication channel.
A single micro-comb, with the ability to transmit multiple signals simultaneously, is capable to replace up to 80 infrared laser sources used in existing telecommunications systems. Additionally, it is smaller and lighter than existing hardware.
They tested the transmission of 76.6 km of optical fiber between Monash University and RMIT's Melbourne City Campus.
While this micro-comb has been utilized in a lab setting, they said this is the first time it has been used in a field trial.
With a groundbreaking number of people using the Internet for remote work, socialization, and streaming during coronavirus lockdown, the researchers said the trial reflects a general demand for Internet infrastructure over a period of a few years.
David Moss, director of the Center for Optical Sciences at the University of Swinburne, said micro-comb chips have become a very important area of research in ten years, as he has co-invented them.
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