Gregory Smith April 13, 2019 10:40pm 200Gb/s from a single laser diode! "the key to making a laser go faster is to make it a bit shoddy." #science #optics #networks #fiber #LASER #nosharks #birefringence #yesthatisreallyaword https://arstechnica.com/?p=1488883 Stressed-out laser diode may deliver 200Gb/s data rates Stressing a laser diode, and spin polarized electrons yields 200GHz modulation.