Researchers build fiber cable capable of near light-in-vacuum throughput
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 11:01
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —A research team at the University of Southampton in England has built a fiber cable that is capable of carrying data at 99.7 percent of the vacuum-speed of light. They have done so, they report in their paper published in the journal Nature Photonics, by constructing a cable with a hollow core and special inner walls that prevent refraction.