1. Origin of the electro-optical effect and examples of generic components

1.1 Non-linear optics and the electro-optical effect for photonics

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1.1.1 Active and passive materials

While in electronics the physical carrier of information is the electron, used to convey and process information through electronic circuits, in photonics the physical carrier of information is light, used through photonic components or circuits. Table 1 provides a brief comparison between the two types of technology.

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