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Adam Smith
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The world record for the most stable transmission of a laser signal through the atmosphere has been broken.  
Scientists from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and The University of Western Australia (UWA) broke the record using ‘phase stabilisation’ technology alongside advanced self-guiding optical terminals.
"We can correct for atmospheric turbulence in 3D, that is, left-right, up-down and, critically, along the line of flight," Benjamin Dix-Matthews, a PhD student at ICRAR and UWA, said.
"It allows us to send highly-stable laser signals through the atmosphere while retaining the quality of the original signal," Matthews continued, adding that its "as if the moving atmosphere has been removed and doesn't exist.”

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