AOS stands for various terms. Discover the full forms, meanings, and possible interpretations of AOS across different fields and industries.
All-optical switching generally refers to a switch that spatially redirects a stream of information that is carried on a light beam. An AOS is often a device where one beam of light, the control beam, is directed into a material whose characteristics are altered, which in turn affects a second beam of light, the signal beam. Through such means it may be possible to create optical transistors that function at much higher speeds than their electrical counterparts.
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