Different Kinds of Optical Swi

Different Kinds of Optical Switches: The biggest problem with creating an all-optical network would be the switching; re-routing the information from source “A” to destination “B”. When information is sent, it does not flow directly from point A to point B. It passes through a series of switches that narrow the path down, and eventually the signal reaches point B. These switches have thousand’s of possible routes which information can be transfered. Right now, …

…which outgoing pipe to put the light into. So there are definitely some creative minds going into the development of this technology. There is also a lot of money going into it, funds are being sent to developers from many phone and television companies. They are all hoping to get a part of the wire that can carry multiple transmissions of different devices (i.e. internet, TV, phone). Fiber optics, the ultimate in transferring data.