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A research team from DTU (Technical University of Denmark) have made an announcement to the world that they have been able to achieve a transfer rate of 43 terabits per second with just a single laser transmitter.
This new achievement smashes the world record previously set by a German team of 32 terabits per second.
DTU researchers have previously helped achieve the highest combined data transmission speed in the world an incredible 1 petabit per second although this involved using hundreds of lasers.
The researchers achieved their latest record by using a new type of optical fibre. This type of fibre contains seven cores (glass threads) instead of the single core used in standard fibres, which makes it possible to transfer even more data. Despite the fact that it comprises seven cores, the new fibre does not take up any more space than the standard version.
Back in 2009, these researchers were the first in the world to break the ‘terabit barrier’, which was considered an almost insurmountable challenge at that time, when they succeeded in transmitting more than 1 terabit per second—again using just a single laser.
The researchers ultimate goal is to help accommodate the "immense growth of data traffic on the internet, which is estimated to be growing by 40–50 per cent annually". Additionally the power consumption of the internet as a whole is now on a par with the transport industry (including shipping and aviation). With the internet industry being a much faster growing one, DTU also looked at reducing energy consumption whilst increasing the bandwidth.
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1GB DVD rip in .02 milliseconds
or
5.4TB in a single full second
A research team from DTU (Technical University of Denmark) have made an announcement to the world that they have been able to achieve a transfer rate of 43 terabits per second with just a single laser transmitter.
This new achievement smashes the world record previously set by a German team of 32 terabits per second.
DTU researchers have previously helped achieve the highest combined data transmission speed in the world an incredible 1 petabit per second although this involved using hundreds of lasers.
The researchers achieved their latest record by using a new type of optical fibre. This type of fibre contains seven cores (glass threads) instead of the single core used in standard fibres, which makes it possible to transfer even more data. Despite the fact that it comprises seven cores, the new fibre does not take up any more space than the standard version.
Back in 2009, these researchers were the first in the world to break the ‘terabit barrier’, which was considered an almost insurmountable challenge at that time, when they succeeded in transmitting more than 1 terabit per second—again using just a single laser.
The researchers ultimate goal is to help accommodate the "immense growth of data traffic on the internet, which is estimated to be growing by 40–50 per cent annually". Additionally the power consumption of the internet as a whole is now on a par with the transport industry (including shipping and aviation). With the internet industry being a much faster growing one, DTU also looked at reducing energy consumption whilst increasing the bandwidth.
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