News tagged with fiber optic network

Efficient and tunable interface for quantum networks

(Phys.org) -- Quantum computers may someday revolutionize the information world. But in order for quantum computers at distant locations to communicate with one another, they have to be linked together in ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Atomic clock comparison via data highways

(Phys.org) -- Optical atomic clocks measure time with unprecedented accuracy. However, it is the ability to compare clocks with one another that makes them applicable for high-precision tests in fundamental ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Governor Kasich announces 10-fold boost to Ohio's broadband network

Ohio will soon see a ten-fold boost to its broadband network speeds, which will benefit research and job-creating assets statewide. Governor John R. Kasich made the announcement at his State of the State address in Steubenville ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brazil proposes South American broadband network

Brazil on Tuesday proposed the creation of a fiber optic broadband connection network linking all South American countries to bring down the cost of Internet and cellular phone access.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

First implementation of 100 and 40Gbps ultra-high-speed plug-and-play optical communications

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and NTT Communications Corporation have conducted 100 and 40Gbps transmission tests in real field environments using existing installed optical fiber, and have demonstrated ...

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 11

Cuba says US behind illegal wireless networks

Cuba accused the United States on Monday of enabling illegal Internet connections in its territory and said several people were arrested in April for profiting from the wireless networks.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Coming soon to a server near you: fewer internet delays

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UA-led Center for Integrated Access Networks, the largest optical research center in the U.S., are developing methods to improve transmission speed, efficiency and reliability ...

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Physicists map spiraling light to harness untapped data capacity

Physicists with the Institute of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) at The City College of New York have presented a new way to map spiraling light that could help harness untapped data channels in optical fibers. Increased ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Optical fiber transmission quality can now be tested without the need to take measurements at both ends

Light traveling in an optical fiber loses power over distance. A number of factors are responsible for this power loss, but one that is particularly important at high data rates is the loss that occurs due to changes in light ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists take steps toward delivering quantum information to the home

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, fiber optics technology transports information in the form of classical data to homes and businesses. But researchers are currently working on ways to combine quantum data with the ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (50) | comments 4 | with audio podcast feature

Model finds optimal fiber optic network connections 10,000 times more quickly

Designing fiber optic networks involves finding the most efficient way to connect phones and computers that are in different places – a costly and time-consuming process. Now researchers from North Carolina State University ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Kansas City, Kansas, wins Google broadband nod

Google announced on Wednesday that Kansas City, Kansas, had been selected as the site for its first super-fast broadband Internet network.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Team achieves one terabit per second data rate on a single integrated photonic chip

(PhysOrg.com) -- With worldwide Internet data traffic increasing by 50 percent each year, telecommunications companies that handle this digital torrent must be able to economically expand the capacities of their networks ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Engineering professor works to speed up internet

Keren Bergman gets as aggravated as anyone by how long it takes to email a video of her son's recital to her parents. Unlike most people, Bergman, a professor of electrical engineering and department chair ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5

New architecture for optical fiber networks proposed

The household demand for increased internet bandwidth has grown tremendously because of the popularity of data-intensive internet activities such as movie streaming. Conventional copper telephone lines struggle ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1