Faster fibre speeds from twisted light

[Jamie McKane]

Faster fibre speeds from twisted light

Twisting light to create angular momentum can dramatically affect the speed of fibre optics.

 

[Jomi101]

Can u please elaborate in more lament terms for us with some IT disability lol?

 

[HavocXphere]

Can u please elaborate in more lament terms for us with some IT disability lol?

I had to read up on it too to understand wtf they're saying. Basically this:



The article in OP is about people that found a way to measure the orbital angular momentum via a chip. Doesn't sound like this will have any real world impact on interwebs for quite some time though.

http://people.physics.illinois.edu/Selvin/PRS/498IBR/Twist.pdf