The hidden network that makes the internet possible Sajan Saini

Explore how fiber optics uses light to transmit data over long distances, and with integrated photonics, expands our virtual world beyond the internet. In 2012, a team of researchers set a world record, transmitting 1 petabit of data thats 10, 000 hours of highdef video over a fiftykilometer cable, in a second. This wasnt just any cable. It was a soupedup version of fiber optics, the hidden network that links our planet and makes the internet possible. What is fiber optics and how does it work S