Because of these benefits of electrical transmission, optical communication is not common in short box-to-box, backplane, or chip-to-chip applications; however, optical systems on those scales have been demonstrated in the laboratory.
Karena manfaat dari transmisi listrik, komunikasi optik tidak umum di box-to-box pendek, backplane, atau aplikasi chip-ke-chip; Namun, sistem optik pada skala tersebut telah dibuktikan di laboratorium.