The Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) is claiming a world-record for optical switching capacity: 53.3Tbit/s in short-reach data-centre networks. “This demonstration makes use of spatial division multiplexing (SDM) over multi-core optical fibres (MCFs) and a newly developed high-speed spatial optical switch system, enabling full packet-granularity,” said the organisation. “We believe this ...

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