System and method for optical network

Abstract

An optical circuit switching matrix includes a plurality of optical ports, each optical port being optically coupled to a respective one of a plurality of user nodes and an optical coupler having at least one input port optically coupled to the plurality of optical ports, and an output port. The optical circuit switching matrix also includes a wavelength demultiplexer having an input optically coupled to the output port of the optical coupler, and a plurality of output ports, each output port being optically coupled to a respective one of the plurality of optical ports.

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[0001] This application claims priority to earlier applications of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 128,627, filed March 5, 2015, and U.S. Conventional Patent Application No. 14 / 877,280, filed October 7, 2015, both of which The content of the earlier application is incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0002] The present invention relates to a system and method for optoelectronics, in particular to a system and method for optical networks. Background technique [0003] The increase in Internet traffic has driven the expansion of data center size. Data centers host data-intensive applications, and there is a lot of interaction between servers in the data center. As data centers grow in size, interconnect networks can become complex, expensive and power-hungry. Data center networks can have limited throughput, high bandwidth-to-convergence ratios, high latency, high power consumption, numerous interconnects, and high costs. Optical networks can incre...

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As data centers grow in size, internetwork can become complex, expensive and power-hungry

Data center networks can have limited throughput, high bandwidth convergence ratios, high latency, high power consumption, a large number of interconnects, and high costs

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