Origin of the electro-optical effect and examples of generic components
Electro-optical components for telecommunications:
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Origin of the electro-optical effect and examples of generic components
Electro-optical components for telecommunications:

Authors : Chi Thanh NGUYEN, Isabelle LEDOUX-RAK

Publication date: July 10, 2012, Review date: March 21, 2016 | Lire en français

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1. Origin of the electro-optical effect and examples of generic components

1.1 Non-linear optics and the electro-optical effect for photonics

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1.1.1 Active and passive materials

While in electronics the physical carrier of information is the electron, used to convey and process information through electronic circuits, in photonics the physical carrier of information is light, used through photonic components or circuits. Table 1 provides a brief comparison between the two types of technology.

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