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Wuhan develops hollow-core fiber for faster optical communications
Engineers at a special-fiber laboratory in Wuhan are working on hollow-core optical fiber, a technology designed to carry light through an empty central channel.
Tiny glass structures built into the fiber help guide the light, much like a track, rather than letting it travel through solid glass.
The technology is expected to make data transmission much faster.
The work is one part of Wuhan’s effort to develop five connected industrial clusters focused on optics, vehicles, space, digital networks and medicine.
The city says these clusters can support each other, for example by combining optical technology, computing and vehicle systems.
This matters because Wuhan aims to strengthen its role in advanced industries and contribute to China’s technology development.
The city has set 2026 targets for the size of each cluster, but the account does not say when the hollow-core fiber will be used commercially.
Wuhan’s FiberHome special optical fiber laboratory is developing a hollow-core fiber for next-generation optical communications.
The fiber guides light through a near-vacuum channel, a design the article says could greatly increase transmission speed.
It is 0.4 millimeters in diameter and has 20 smaller glass-cylinder structures embedded in the wall of its hollow core.
The report presents the fiber as part of Wuhan’s broader push to develop its technology and industrial clusters.
- Who
- Engineers at FiberHome’s special optical fiber laboratory in Wuhan are developing the hollow-core fiber.
- What
- They are developing a fiber that guides light through a near-vacuum channel to increase transmission speed.
- When
- The article was published on 2026-10-11. It does not state when development began.
- Where
- FiberHome’s special optical fiber laboratory in Wuhan, China.
- Why
- The design is intended to make optical communications faster.
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- Fiber diameter
- 0.4 millimeters
- Structures in the fiber wall
- 20 smaller glass cylinders
- Development site
- FiberHome special optical fiber laboratory, Wuhan
- Publication date
- 2026-10-11
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