# #Mon Aug 09 12:03:52 CEST 2010 Text__TckRYKOdEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Congestions at the data highway ... Text__TckRYKOdEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=... appear for example due to the time consuming transformation from optical into electrical and back into optical signals.

These processes have been much reduced since the invention of optical switches.

Technical precondition is the fact that the translucence of optical semiconductors may be controlled in dependence of the frequency.