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Optical communication using optical fibres as the transmission medium is essential to handling the massive growth of both telecom and datacom traffic. To fully realize the potential bandwidth available on these optical fibres, other components of the optical network system have to be developed, ranging from detectors and multiplexers to buffers and switches. This book addresses the different technologies which can be applied to switching optical signals.An optical switch functions by selectively switching an optical signal delivered through an optical fibre or in an integrated optical circuit

Switching circuits --- Optical detectors. --- Optical fibers. --- Semiconductor lasers. --- Design and construction. --- Lasers --- Light guides (Optical fibers) --- Fiber optics --- Fibers --- Optical materials --- Optical wave guides --- Light-sensitive cells --- Light-sensitive detectors --- Light sensor photodevices --- Photodetectors --- Photodevices, Light sensor --- Photoelectric detectors --- Photosensors --- Detectors --- Optical transducers --- Optoelectronic devices --- Circuits, Switching --- Digital electronics --- Electric switchgear --- Electronic circuits --- Switching theory