Researchers Confirmed that Backscattered Light Waves Can Be Suppressed. (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Researchers Confirmed that Backscattered Light Waves Can Be Suppressed.

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Mechanical sciences engineering professor Gaurav Bahl, left, and graduate student Seunghwi Kim confirmed that backscattered light waves can be suppressed to reduce data loss in optical communications systems.

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Julia Stackler

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