Modern Technology

          Single optical chipset Researchers from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities have successfully tested and recorded Australia's fastest internet data speed, and that of the world, from a single optical chip—capable of downloading 1000 high definition movies in a split second. Published in the prestigious journal  Nature Communications , these findings have the potential to not only fast-track the next 25 years of Australia's telecommunications capacity, but also the possibility for this home-grown technology to be rolled out across the world. In light of the pressures being placed on the world's  internet infrastructure , recently highlighted by isolation policies as a result of COVID-19, the research team led by Dr. Bill Corcoran (Monash), Distinguished Professor Arnan Mitchell (RMIT) and Professor David Moss (Swinburne) were able to achieve a data speed of 44.2 Terabits per second (Tbps) from a single light source. This technology has the capaci