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BY JOHN WALKO
CRL Opto, the Middlesex-based specialist microdisplay and transmissive LCDs manufacturer, has teamed with French company Optogone to exploit ferroelectric liquid crystal-on-silicon (FLCOS) technology in optical communications applications.
The first target is a programmable optical switch that the partners say could significantly improve the data routing performance of existing devices, reduce their cost and size and increase the flexibility of the switch.
Looking towards 2005 and 2010, the companies expect the FLCOS- based devices...