Switching the light fantastic.(Technology Information)

EDN, October, 2000 by Israelsohn, Joshua

AS FIBER CARRYING CAPACITIES MOVE INTO MULTI-TERABIT RATES, EQUIPMENT AT THE METROPOLITAN-SERVICE/LONG-HAUL INTERFACE MUST COPE WITH GROWING CHANNEL COUNTS, NOT JUST CHANNEL SPEEDS. STRETCHED BETWEEN OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL-OPTICAL SOLUTIONS AND THE YET UNREALIZABLE ALL FIBER NETWORK LIE A NUMBER OF DEVICES THAT CAN, SOME SAY, PUSH ELECTROPHOTONIC TRANSDUCTION TO THE ENTERPRISE INTERFACE PERHAPS TO YOUR DOOR.

UNLIKE THEIR MEMS COUNTERPARTS, which evolved primarily through the application and advancement of traditional semiconductor processes, MOEMS (micro-optical electromechanical-systems) technologies are enjoying a second set of technical drivers--this time from the photonics industry. The comparatively rapid development of practical deployable devices owes...

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