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To: Praxis who wrote (579)	1/16/1999 12:25:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) of 815

akzonobel.com jdsfitel.com akzonobel.com Bingo!! Photonics (an example of a corporate development project) Building on its expertise in the design, synthesis, and processing of polymers, Akzo Nobel has developed photonic components for controlling traffic in telecommunication networks. To cope with today's vast information flows, these networks consist of glass fibers carrying light beams between telephone exchanges. Currently the light signals have to be converted into electric signals for switching. However, the processing capacity of electronic switches is lower than the carrying capacity of the glass fiber networks and hence constitutes a bottleneck. Photonic switches directly manipulating the light signals eliminate this bottleneck. Exclusively for this application Akzo Nobel is developing a set of high performance optical polymers with unique properties and high stability under varying conditions. Processing techniques derived from the integrated circuit industry are used to efficiently manufacture so-called optochips from the polymers, which contain the required microstructures for manipulating the light signals. Marketing of the first prototype optical switches under the brand name BeamBoxTM started in 1996. The switches are used by key telecom equipment manufacturers and network operators to bypass severed telephone connections or to reconfigure the network in response to demand fluctuations Photonic components enable network operators to maximize the capacity, flexibility, and reliability of their infrastructure and yet contain costs.

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