255 Terabits/s: Researchers demonstrate record data transmission over new type of fiber

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Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands and the University of Central Florida (CREOL), report in the journal Nature Photonics the successful transmission of a record high 255 Terabits/s over a new type of fiber allowing 21 times more bandwidth than currently available in communication networks. This new type of fiber could be an answer to mitigating the impending optical transmission capacity crunch caused by the increasing bandwidth demand. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-10-terabitss-transmission-fiber.html#