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optical fibers

The Sky’s the Limit: Ramachandran Team’s Light Transmission Discovery Published by Science

in ECE - Imaging and Optical Science, ECE - Photonics, Electronics, and Nanotechnology, ECE Faculty, ECE Graduate, ECE Research, ECE Students, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Siddharth Ramachandran

Researchers’ new method for scaling up data capacity in optical fibers echoes astronomical phenomena – with significant implications for tomorrow’s internet.

Tagged: data transmission, high-topological charge light beams, optical communication, optical fibers, quantum computing, Siddharth Ramachandran, topological confinement, total internal reflection, Zelin Ma

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