In optoelectronics, "detection" means converting a received optical input to a electrical output.
An optical input supports a satellite dish or cable box.
In the specific case of a photodetector, responsivity measures the electrical output per optical input.
However, it is missing an optical input so you won't be able to use the surround sound coming from your HDTV's built in digital tuner.
The goal for Finisar was to build cost effective gigabit optical transceivers to provide the optical input and output for high-speed computer networks.
He discovered what every blind person soon finds out - that its external optical input is only part of the mind's immense visual activity.
In this way the BNC 575 can be configured to have a number of different electrical and optical inputs and outputs.
It was focused on her and reflected far more than a Borg mind calculating optical input.
Cainen looked directly into the creature's optical inputs.
He knew now that he'd understood feelings no more than an AI lacking optical inputs understood purple.