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Lasers enable internet backbone via satellite, may soon eliminate need for deep-sea cables

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by Daniel Meierhans

June 20, 2023

Optical data communications lasers can transmit several tens of terabits per second, despite a huge amount of disruptive air turbulence. ETH Zurich scientists and their European partners demonstrated this capacity with lasers between the mountain peak, Jungfraujoch, and the city of Bern in Switzerland. This will soon eliminate the necessity of expensive deep-sea cables.

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