Isiqondiso sokuthuthukiswa kwesivinini esikhulu, umthamo omkhulu kanye nobubanzi bokuxhumana kwe-optical kudinga ukuhlanganiswa okuphezulu kwamadivayisi e-photoelectric. Isisekelo sokuhlanganiswa ukwenziwa kube kuncane kwamadivayisi e-photoelectric. Ngakho-ke, ukwenziwa kube kuncane kwamadivayisi e-photoelectric kuyindawo ephambili neshisayo emkhakheni wokuxhumana kwe-optical. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, uma kuqhathaniswa nobuchwepheshe bendabuko be-optoelectronic, ubuchwepheshe be-femtosecond laser micromachining buzoba isizukulwane esisha sobuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza amadivayisi e-optoelectronic. Izazi ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe zenze ukuhlola okuzuzisayo ezicini eziningi zobuchwepheshe bokulungiselela i-optical waveguide futhi zenze intuthuko enkulu.