The hidden network that makes the internet possible - Sajan Saini

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Explore how fiber optics uses light to transmit data over long distances, and with integrated photonics, expands our virtual world beyond the internet.--In 2012, a team of researchers set a world record, transmitting 1 petabit of data thats 10,000 hours of high-def video over a fifty-kilometer cable, in a second. This wasnt just any cable. It was a souped-up version of fiber optics, the hidden network that links our planet and makes the internet possible. What is fiber optics and how does it work? Sajan Saini explores the vital technology.Lesson by Sajan Saini, directed by Artrake Studio.Learn more about integrated photonics: https://aimphotonics.academySign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletterSupport us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreonFollow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebookFind us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitterPeep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagramView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-network-that-makes-the-internet-possible-sajan-sainiThank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Derek Drescher, Karisa Caudill, Zhong Ming Zenny Tan, Christina Salvatore, Brady Jones, Todd Gross, Alexis Hevia, Heidi Stolt, Robert Seik, Coenraad Keuning, Charles A Hershberger, Laura Cameron Keith, Abhishek Goel, Marc Bou Zeid, JY Kang, Anastasiia, Madee Lo, Arpita Singh, Karl Laius, Tu-Anh Nguyen, Guy Hardy, Brandy Sarver, Jose Arcadio Valdes Franco, Akinola Emmanuel, igor romanenko, Dian Atamyanov, Abhishek Bansal, Austin Randall, Ryan B Harvey, Jennifer Kurkoski, phkphk123321, Arlene Weston, Mehmet Yusuf Ertekin, Ten Cha, Les Howard, Kevin O'Leary, Francisco Leos, Robert Patrick, Marcus Appelbaum, Alan Wilder, Mohamed Elsayed, Aleksandr Lyozin, Angel Pantoja, Eimann P. Evarola, Carlos H. Costa, Tariq Keblaoui, Bela Namyslik, Nick Johnson, Won Jang and Sandra Fuller Bocko.