IBM Zurich has demonstrated a novel optical receiver that can achieve an aggregate bandwidth of 160Gbit/s through four optical fibres. “This is not only the fastest data transmission speed to date, but the optical receiver also features power-on/off functionality and can wake-up and achieve phase-lock in 8ns, the shortest switch time in record,” said the …
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