9 OPTO-ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, NAMELY, AMPLIFIERS, CONVERTERS, COUPLERS, SPLITTERS, MULTIPLEXERS, DE-MULTIPLEXERS, OPTO-ELECTRONIC TRANSCEIVERS, OPTO-ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTERS, OPTO-ELECTRONIC RECEIVERS, WAVEGUIDES, COMBINERS, CIRCUIT BOARDS COMPRISED OF LAMINATED OPTICAL FABRICS; FIBER-OPTIC SUBSYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS, TELEPHONY, DATA COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION, COMPRISED OF AMPLIFIERS, CONVERTERS, COUPLERS, SPLITTERS, MULTIPLEXERS, DE-MULTIPLEXERS, OPTO-ELECTRONIC TRANSCEIVERS, OPTO-ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTERS, OPTO-ELECTRONIC RECEIVERS, WAVEGUIDES, COMBINERS, CIRCUIT BOARDS COMPRISED OF LAMINATED OPTICAL FABRICS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS