Laser LiFi Promises Data Speeds Up to 100 Gbps
Feb. 16, 2020Amidst all the5Ghype, a company named SLD Laser showed that the use of laser light instead of radio waves can speed-up data transfer at an enormous rate.
In the demonstration at the CES, the company showed that data can be transferred at a speed of 20 GB/s. The 5G wireless network that is coming to the market promises data transfer speed of only 1 GB/s. In future, it may go up to 10 GB/s.
The company’suse of lasers instead of LEDs to transfer data boosts the performance of the technology, as the laser can be controlled at a much faster rate and the optical power of the lasers can be greater. Now, lasers can be dangerous to the eyes of humans. To prevent eye damage, SLD is using blue-emitting lasers that produce white light.
The developments in LiFi tech can help in many fields like communications, medical, and space. With the proposed speed, it can enable autonomous cars to communicate with each other, doctors can control surgical robots to perform surgeries from a long distance, and it can also move around huge volumes of data in smart homes and automated manufacturing plants.
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