Laser puts record data rate through fibre Light escaping from optical fibre Fibres operating in the infrared can shuttle many different colours of light down their lengths Continue reading the main story Related Stories Crunch coming for broadband fibre Broadband speed gets laser boost Researchers have set a new record for the rate of data transfer using a single laser: 26 terabits per second.

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