Andrew Forbes, one of South Africa’s leading minds in lasers and light-based technologies is currently working on photon-based data transmission that is both highly encrypted and extremely fast.
A professor (PhD) at the University of the Witwatersrand’s physics department, Forbes describes a future where lasers transmit data at “thousands or millions of times the speed we have today.”
"The promise of this new technology is an internet transmission with nearly limitless bandwidth that cannot be intercepted or monitored without the sender or receiver knowing it and protecting it," the erudite said to newsmen in excitement.
A professor (PhD) at the University of the Witwatersrand’s physics department, Forbes describes a future where lasers transmit data at “thousands or millions of times the speed we have today.”
"The promise of this new technology is an internet transmission with nearly limitless bandwidth that cannot be intercepted or monitored without the sender or receiver knowing it and protecting it," the erudite said to newsmen in excitement.
As the director for the South African Quantum Technology Initiative (SAQUTI), Forbes explained that the government is actively supporting the practical deployment of this technology.
“We’re the only country in Africa with a formal national strategy for quantum technology,”
He said that the programme is actively using dark fibre laid by the South African government since 1994 to begin practically implementing the research he is conducting at SAQUTI.
“The idea is to demonstrate local technology in this fibre to show businesses and the private sector what it can do to fast-track their adoption of quantum technology.”
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“We’re the only country in Africa with a formal national strategy for quantum technology,”
He said that the programme is actively using dark fibre laid by the South African government since 1994 to begin practically implementing the research he is conducting at SAQUTI.
“The idea is to demonstrate local technology in this fibre to show businesses and the private sector what it can do to fast-track their adoption of quantum technology.”
Credit: My Broadband
