US 11,953,724 B2
Multi-tenant isolation on a multi-reticle photonic communication platform
Nicholas C. Harris, Boston, MA (US); and Robert Turner, Georgetown, TX (US)
Assigned to Lightmatter, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Lightmatter, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,337.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/255,330, filed on Oct. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114842 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/12 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/12007 (2013.01) [G02B 2006/12145 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12159 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photonic communication platform, comprising:
a substrate;
a first photonic circuit monolithically integrated with the substrate, wherein the first photonic circuit is patterned with a first plurality of photonic modules, the photonic modules of the first plurality being copies of a common template photonic module;
a second photonic circuit monolithically integrated with the substrate, wherein the second photonic circuit is patterned with a second plurality of photonic modules, the photonic modules of the second plurality being copies of the common template photonic module;
a photonic link coupling the first photonic circuit to the second photonic circuit; and
a controller configured to arbitrate allocation of the first and second plurality of photonic modules between a first user and a second user, wherein arbitrating comprises:
causing optical isolation of the first photonic circuit from the second photonic circuit by optically interrupting the photonic link.