US 12,124,082 B2
Photonic communication platform
Nicholas C. Harris, Boston, MA (US); Carl Ramey, Westborough, MA (US); Michael Gould, La Honda, CA (US); Thomas Graham, Cambridge, MA (US); Darius Bunandar, Boston, MA (US); Ryan Braid, Cambridge, MA (US); and Mykhailo Tymchenko, Melrose, MA (US)
Assigned to Lightmatter, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Lightmatter, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/455,235.
Application 17/313,415 is a division of application No. 16/810,573, filed on Mar. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,036,002, issued on Jun. 15, 2021.
Application 18/455,235 is a continuation of application No. 18/356,680, filed on Jul. 21, 2023.
Application 18/356,680 is a continuation of application No. 17/313,415, filed on May 6, 2021, granted, now 11,754,783.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,448, filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/923,889, filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/814,444, filed on Mar. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408764 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/122 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/13 (2006.01); G02B 6/136 (2006.01); H01L 21/027 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/1225 (2013.01) [G02B 6/12004 (2013.01); G02B 6/12007 (2013.01); G02B 6/13 (2013.01); G02B 6/136 (2013.01); H01L 21/0275 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a first computing system and a second computing system, each of the first and second computing systems comprising:
a plurality of processing units configured to transmit and receive signals;
a plurality of waveguides connecting the plurality of processing units into a photonic network supporting propagation of the signals among the plurality of processing units; and
a plurality of optical switches configured to selectively place subsets of the plurality of processing units in communication with each other;
a controller configured to control the plurality of optical switches; and
a fiber connecting the first computing system with the second computing system, wherein the fiber supports propagation of the signals from the first computing system to the second computing system.