Optical system promises to revolutionize undersea communications
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 16:35
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a technological advance that its developers are likening to the cell phone and wireless Internet access, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists and engineers have devised an undersea optical communications system that -- complemented by acoustics -- enables a virtual revolution in high-speed undersea data collection and transmission.