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To: Daniel G. DeBusschere who wrote (6841)	3/24/1999 1:54:00 PM
From: denni	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

ciena is a rocket ride today. ciena plans to light up the world in many colors.

To: Daniel G. DeBusschere who wrote (6841)	3/24/1999 4:35:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

Dan G. D. Actually I know a fellow who filed for a patent application on using the interference pattern between intersecting light waves to create multiples of the discrete freqs. and thereby calculate numbers or whatever the digits would represent. Ergo a "light cpu". Are you any relation to Dave of Knick fame? JFD

To: Daniel G. DeBusschere who wrote (6841)	3/24/1999 10:27:00 PM
From: Oliver Hahn	Respond to of 12623

Daniel-- Re: Assigning a fiber DWDM color to each customer is the beginnings of a practical optical switching capability without any conversion to electronics first. I was waiting for someone to actually figure this out and start experimenting. It is a good idea. As I understand, folks have been working on this for at least a few years now, but it is difficult. As a laser physicist, I have seen some talks on this subject. Many cool ideas, all very difficult to make practical. But then again, I was thinking some years ago that DWDM sounded impractical, and look where we are now. I must admit that I am thoroughly amazed that they can make frequency stable lasers that can stand up to commercial use; my hat is off to the engineers. Oliver