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Comment by jampekka

4 months ago

Electromagnetic radiation is about 1.5 times faster in air than in glass (depending on wavelength a bit).

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ranger_danger  4 months ago

I didn't think about it slowing down when traveling through glass, good point. Although hollow-core fiber is a thing now.

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