Linguagem. Laser puts record data rate through fibre. 23 May 2011Last updated at 00:33 By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News A wide array of data strings can be encoded within a single laser's pulse Researchers have set a new record for the rate of data transfer using a single laser: 26 terabits per second.
At those speeds, the contents of nearly 1,000 high-definition DVDs could be sent down an optical fibre in a second.