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  2. Optical module - Wikipedia

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    An optical module is a typically hot-pluggable optical transceiver used in high-bandwidth data communications applications. Optical modules typically have an electrical interface on the side that connects to the inside of the system and an optical interface on the side that connects to the outside world through a fiber optic cable.

  3. Waveguide (optics) - Wikipedia

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    The basic principles behind optical waveguides can be described using the concepts of geometrical or ray optics, as illustrated in the diagram. Light passing into a medium with higher refractive index bends toward the normal by the process of refraction (Figure a.

  4. Eye pattern - Wikipedia

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    In telecommunications, an eye pattern, also known as an eye diagram, is an oscilloscope display in which a digital signal from a receiver is repetitively sampled and applied to the vertical input (y-axis), while the data rate is used to trigger the horizontal sweep (x-axis). It is so called because, for several types of coding, the pattern ...

  5. Circuit diagram - Wikipedia

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    A circuit diagram (or: wiring diagram, electrical diagram, elementary diagram, electronic schematic) is a graphical representation of an electrical circuit. A pictorial circuit diagram uses simple images of components, while a schematic diagram shows the components and interconnections of the circuit using standardized symbolic representations.

  6. Optical communication - Wikipedia

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    Optical communication, also known as optical telecommunication, is communication at a distance using light to carry information. It can be performed visually or by using electronic devices . The earliest basic forms of optical communication date back several millennia, while the earliest electrical device created to do so was the photophone ...

  7. Opto-isolator - Wikipedia

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    Schematic diagram of an opto-isolator showing source of light (LED) on the left, dielectric barrier in the center, and sensor (phototransistor) on the right [note 1]. An opto-isolator (also called an optocoupler, photocoupler, or optical isolator) is an electronic component that transfers electrical signals between two isolated circuits by using light. [1]

  8. Silicon photonics - Wikipedia

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    [3] [48] An important example is all-optical switching, whereby the routing of optical signals is directly controlled by other optical signals. [49] Another example is all-optical wavelength conversion. [50] In 2013, a startup company named "Compass-EOS", based in California and in Israel, was the first to present a commercial silicon-to ...

  9. Free-space optical communication - Wikipedia

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    The receptor is the large lens in the middle, the transmitters the smaller ones. At the top right corner is a monocular for assisting the alignment of the two heads. Free-space optical communication ( FSO ) is an optical communication technology that uses light propagating in free space to wirelessly transmit data for telecommunications or ...