Design Reduces Energy Loss in Fiber Optics (image)

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

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After studying the system in more detail, the research team discovered that breaking left-right symmetry in their device could reduce energy loss in optical fiber networks and data centers to zero.

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University of Pennsylvania

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