The world's fastest optical fiber transmission rate of 57.6Tbps

The EU R&D cooperation project MODE-GAP announced yesterday that its hollow bandgap fiber data transmission record has been recognized by Guinness as the world's fastest fiber transmission rate. The world record achieved by MODE-GAP is 57.6 Tbps (with a gross rate of 73.7 Tbps), which is 50 times faster than previous transmission records.

The MODE-GAP project is supported by the European Commission's seventh framework cooperation program, which includes several top research institutions in Europe.

Dr. Ian Giles, Project Manager of MODE-GAP, said: "We are very pleased to see that the research has made such breakthroughs and greatly improved the transmission capacity of the broadband core network. MODE-GAP is to study more SDM for space division multiplexing technology. A potential architecture, hollow fiber is probably the most advanced solution. This achievement depends on the cooperation of all the organizations involved in the project."

Professor David Richardson of the Optoelectronics R&D Center of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom pointed out that the MODE-GAP project has surpassed people's expectations in technological innovation, and it shows the application prospect of hollow bandgap fiber. Hollow fiber not only has a large transmission capacity, but also has a lower transmission delay. Guinness’s recognition gives everyone more confidence to make more achievements.

In addition to this Guinness World Record, MODE-GAP has also made a number of research progress, including the world's first real-time transmission of SDM, the development of SDM systems and devices. In view of the positive progress made by the project, the European Commission has added an additional six months to the project.

Organizations participating in the MODE-GAP program include the University of Southampton Optoelectronics Center, Aston University Photonics Technical College, ESPCI ParisTech, OFS Fitel Denmark, Phoenix Photon, COBRA Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University, Eblana Photonics, Coriant, Nokia Siemens, College Cork University, Tyndall National College, etc.