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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=optical_networking">optical networking</a>, a <b>lightpath</b> is a path between two nodes in an optical network between which light passes through unmodified.</p>

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<p>When a lightpath can be established between source and destination node endpoints, the connection is totally optical and avoids <a href="page.php?w=bandwidth_throttling">bandwidth throttling</a> by intermediate electronic conversions and processing. A lightpath passing through an <a href="page.php?w=optical_add-drop_multiplexer">optical add-drop multiplexer</a></p><p>
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