Increasing bandwidth capacities while reducing the number of power-hungry components required to achieve this goal may seem like a contradiction in terms. However, researchers in Europe have now demonstrated a feasible technique whereby a single laser can carry optical data at transmission rates of more than 20 Tbit s−1.
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Oxenløwe, L. Single-laser super-channel. Nature Photon 5, 329–331 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.97
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