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+-   Converting light into sound-> on Sunday December 16 2007, @01:56AM prostoalex

Submitted by prostoalex on Sunday December 16 2007, @01:56AM
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prostoalex writes "Researchers at Duke are trying to solve the problem of speeding up fiberoptic connections by converting light into sound, then converting it back into light: "To get the information from the acoustic wave out again, a third light pulse, the 'read' pulse, is sent in. When it reaches the part of the fibre being affected by the acoustic wave, the light scatters in such a way as to regain the information that was left behind by the initial pulse. The newly-formed data pulse leaves the fibre, resuming the journey in the same direction as the original pulse, taking the same information with it.""
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