Denmark develops next-generation fiber optic technology: transmitting 43 trillion bits per second
Gone are the days of long hours of downloading movies.
Scientists have now set up the world's fastest network, which can download a movie faster than the blink of an eye.
Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark have developed next-generation fiber optic technology with a transmission capacity of 43 trillion bits per second (Terabits per second).
Experts say that this means that it only takes 0.2 milliseconds (milliseconds, one thousandth of a second) to download a 1 gigabyte (GB) video.
General optical fibers are single-core, but the single multi-core optical fiber used by the research team has seven cores, allowing it to transmit more data at the same time.
These multi-core optical fibers were developed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NNT) and have the same width as ordinary optical fibers.
Researchers say that Internet data transmission volume is growing very fast, and it is estimated that the annual transmission volume will increase by 40 to 50%.
As more people use Internet devices at home , and with the increasing advancement of automobile technology, the transmission volume is expected to further increase.
