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New Laser Data Transfer Rate Record Set At 26 Tbps

Posted by Roblimo on Monday May 23, 2011 @05:19AM from the squeezing-gallons-of-data-through-a-straw dept.

MasterPatricko writes "Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany have published a technique to push optical data transfer rates to new levels. The article says, 'The trick is to use what is known as a "fast Fourier transform" to unpick more than 300 separate colours of light in a laser beam, each encoded with its own string of information.'"

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Makes Sense... by WarpedCore · 2011-05-23 05:23 · Score: 3, Insightful

So that one episode in Voyager where Seven of Nine makes a "Fourier Analysis" wasn't total bullshit?