Revamping optical fibers to transmit even more data
Across the globe, telecommunications companies have installed over 2.5 billion miles of optical fibers –– enough to reach from Earth to Neptune. This massive network rapidly transmits nearly all data, voice and video communications around the world. However, as telecom demands grow, scientists are trying to improve the data transmission capabilities of optical fibers, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.- Thursday, March 19, 2020