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Bascule Optical Switch

Bascule Optical Switch

While file transfer is driving the Internet of today, the explosion in broadband connectivity is driving the development of more efficient data transfer technology of the future. Enter Mitsubishi Electric's bascule optical switch, the world's fastest polymer waveguide switch for photonic networks.

This breakthrough in optical cross-connect technology will greatly expand the throughput of network nodes now facing the bandwidth bottleneck caused by electrical routers. Rather than relying on the downloading of files from Web servers, the global optic-based photonic network of the future will be considerably more real-time and bi-directional, thanks to innovations like the bascule optical switch.