[HN Gopher] All-optical switch device paves way for faster fiber...
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       All-optical switch device paves way for faster fiber-optic
       communication
        
       Author : jonbaer
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2024-10-20 19:43 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | duskwuff wrote:
       | It's funny to see this show up now. Optical-domain switching was
       | a hot area of research in the early 2000s (e.g. [1]); it largely
       | petered out as it became clear that digital-domain switching was
       | more practical (because it didn't rely on exotic technology, and
       | provided time for hardware to perform routing operations).
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       | [1]:
       | https://www.laserfocusworld.com/optics/article/16556781/many...
        
         | codefeenix wrote:
         | Is optical digital or analog?
        
       | loufe wrote:
       | I'm not sure I fully understand how one can convert different
       | twist directions into an clear output. Does CCW vs CW change
       | where the end of the affected beam will end?
        
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