03-02-2012, 09:22 PM
It is interesting. That group did a paper last year:
And now they have the experiment to prove it works - for now, line-of-sight anyway. Actually, if it was only viable using line-of-sight, satellite communications may be able to take advantage of it.
Quote:Physicists with the Institute of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) at The City College of New York have presented a new way to map spiraling light that could help harness untapped data channels in optical fibers. Increased bandwidth would ease the burden on fiber-optic telecommunications networks taxed by an ever-growing demand for audio, video and digital media. The new model, developed by graduate student Giovanni Milione, Professor Robert Alfano and colleagues, could even spur enhancements in quantum computing and other applications.http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-phys...acity.html
And now they have the experiment to prove it works - for now, line-of-sight anyway. Actually, if it was only viable using line-of-sight, satellite communications may be able to take advantage of it.