High-capacity optical wireless transmitter chip uses laser arrays to provide faster/ more energy-efficient indoor internet connections

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122056

"IR Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers replaces Wi-Fi, each laser on 5×5 array individually addressable, massive simultaneous multiple data streams, record 362.7 combined Gbps over 2 meters... microlens array shapes light into precise grid ensuring different beams target different users/ devices in room with minimal overlap/ data crosstalk... scalable: fabricated using standard semiconductor techniques... energy efficient, wider bandwidth than wi-fi, multi-users don't slow each other"

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https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122902