Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a radical new hollow-core optical fiber that carries light through air instead of solid glass. The result? Data that moves faster, farther, and with a thousand times more transmission power than today's networks can. Attenuation achieved by the best HCFs was reduced to 0. This isn't just. Fiber is, of course, essential to how networks are connected and is especially important for connecting data centers. But traditional fiber isn't the only optical option on the market. There is also hollow core fiber (HCF), which some believe could herald a long-awaited paradigm shift. "Hollow core. The two types that appear to be showing the most promise for optical fibers in terms of viability are Hollow-Core Optical Fiber (HCF) and Multicore Optical Fiber (MCF), so far demonstrating some real improvements in speed, bandwidth, and capacity.
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