Using the Terahertz Spectrum for Wireless Communication

holy_calamity writes "A first step to allowing wireless data transfer over a currently unused part of the electromagnetic spectrum is reported in New Scientist. Terahertz radiation exists between radio and infrared. A new filter created at the University of Utah can filter out particular frequencies, a prerequisite for using it for data. The abstract of the paper in the journal Nature is freely available."

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Re:Geek into English.

[cats-paw]

"Sounds really interesting. I wonder if any of this applies to antenna design at average RF."

yes it does.

Fractal antenna design is old news at this point.

You get a modest reduction in antenna design, but it really excels at giving you a broadband design. So it's particularly handy for UWB.