• By Twisting Light Signals into a Vortex, Researchers Create Fastest Wireless Connection Ever
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[QUOTE]By twisting radio waves into a threaded vortex, an international team of researchers has beamed data through the air at 2.5 terabits per second, creating what has to be the fastest wireless network ever created. Moreover, the technique used to create this effect has no real theoretical ceiling, ExtremeTech reports. That means--in theory--that an infinite number of these vortex beams could be threaded together to add infinite capacity to conventional transmission protocols. These new, high-capacity vortex beams tap a characteristic known as orbital angular momentum (OAM). Right now, conventional transmission protocols like Wi-Fi or LTE modulate the spin angular momentum (SAM) but not the OAM. You can think of SAM as the spin of a signal, like a bullet (or a tightly spiraling football) twisting as it carves a direct path through the air. So to borrow ExtremeTech’s analogy, if SAM is the earth rotating on its axis, then OAM is its movement around the sun--not just rotation, but actual movement in space. This new, previously untapped dimension of movement allows engineers to still manipulate SAM while layering OAM on top. Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel, the University of Southern California, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory were able to twist together eight different beams of visible light using OAM resulting in 320 gigabytes per second of data transmission. That’s roughly seven Blu-ray movies per second. The researchers did that across just one meter, making the achievement somewhat lackluster from a practicality perspective. And given that optical data networks still have plenty of space to grow, it’s not a huge deal for fiber optics. But for wireless networks, the idea that we might be able to grow capacity indefinitely is pretty mind-blowing. The next step is, naturally, making this work across longer distances. Much more detail on OAM and the future of wireless transmission over at ExtremeTech.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-06/twisting-signals-vortex-researchers-beam-25-terabits-data-second[/url]
With no disrespect to you, Scorpious, you should read the section before posting a new thread. You have many great threads but most are late
[QUOTE=areolop;36492641]With no disrespect to you, Scorpious, you should read the section before posting a new thread. You have many great threads but most are late[/QUOTE] I read the titles, but sometimes it just doesn't click in my head that this thread is the same as this article, sorry Especially when I'm not very science-savvy and the title of the thread I duplicated is "Scientists reach speeds of 2.56 terabits per second with photons"
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;36492716]I read the titles, but sometimes it just doesn't click in my head that this thread is the same as this article, sorry Especially when I'm not very science-savvy and the title of the thread I duplicated is "Scientists reach speeds of 2.56 terabits per second with photons"[/QUOTE] It would help if you read the first sentence of your articles as well.
Scorpius' title is more interesting IMO.
[QUOTE=cyber_cam34;36493213]Scorpius' title is more interesting IMO.[/QUOTE] I agree. [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8416055/ScorpiusesTitle.png[/img] That "Gold Member" title is very unique, indeed.
[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;36493423]I agree. [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8416055/ScorpiusesTitle.png[/img] That "Gold Member" title is very unique, indeed.[/QUOTE] At least it isn't like yours :v: [editline]26th June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Tippmann357;36492765]It would help if you read the first sentence of your articles as well.[/QUOTE] Well you see, I didn't click that article because I'm not very science-savvy and I figured it would be full of technobabble I wouldn't understand. I'll just post less articles. It's easier than going through every article in Sensationalist Headlines to see if something will get duplicated.
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