No, X-rays wouldn't work.
1) X-rays are difficult to deal with - focus, detect, etc. Normal mirrors don't work for X-rays, you need special mirrors and use blazing angle reflections otherwise the X-rays just pass right through your mirror.
2) X-ray detectors are still a work very much in progress, and generally you won't get both time resolution and frequency resolution, which are cruical in this game.
With the recent Lucent record of over 3 Tbs transfer speed across 300 km using "classic" fiber optics channels (reported on slashdot earlier) I see less utility value in pursing wireless fiber optics channels.
The decreased material costs of fiber will be more then likely offset by increased costs in power consumption, due to attenuation of the signal in water molecules and solid particles. I think wireless fiber still has more than a few years to mature.
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No, X-rays wouldn't work. 1) X-rays are difficult to deal with - focus, detect, etc. Normal mirrors don't work for X-rays, you need special mirrors and use blazing angle reflections otherwise the X-rays just pass right through your mirror. 2) X-ray detectors are still a work very much in progress, and generally you won't get both time resolution and frequency resolution, which are cruical in this game.
With the recent Lucent record of over 3 Tbs transfer speed across 300 km using "classic" fiber optics channels (reported on slashdot earlier) I see less utility value in pursing wireless fiber optics channels.
The decreased material costs of fiber will be more then likely offset by increased costs in power consumption, due to attenuation of the signal in water molecules and solid particles. I think wireless fiber still has more than a few years to mature.