Parallel Lines: Ultra-dense optical systems for extreme data-rates

该项目旨在探索通过使用新兴的超高密度光技术来显著扩大全球互联网数据速率的方法。该项目计划发现新的现有和新兴的微型光子芯片设备如何能够使用新的、未使用的光学频段，然后通过利用新的可用波长和空间的平行度来支持数千个通道。项目目标的成功可能使各种光纤系统的速度比目前可实现的速度高出100倍。连接对我们的社会至关重要，因此澳大利亚面向未来的关键数据基础设施和提供路线图以支持未来几十年的指数级容量增长都可能带来好处。

The project aims to explore methods to significantly expand global internet data rates, by using emerging ultra-dense optical technologies. The project plans to discover how novel existing and emerging tiny photonic chip devices may enable the use of new, unused optical spectral bands, and then enable 1000s of channels to be supported by exploiting newly available parallelism in both wavelength and space. Success in the project aims may enable speeds of up to 100 times greater than achievable today, in a variety of fibre optic systems. Connectivity is key to our society, so benefits may arise in both future-proofing key Australian data infrastructure, and in providing a roadmap to support exponential capacity growth over the coming decades.