Optical interconnection methods and systems exploiting mode multiplexing

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PATENT NO 9705630
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14868578

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Optical solutions to address and overcome the issues of superseding/replacing electrical interconnection networks have generally exploited some form of optical space switching. Such optical space switching architectures required multiple switching elements, leading to increased power consumption and footprint issues. Accordingly, it would be beneficial for new optical, e.g. fiber optic or integrated optical, interconnection architectures to address the traditional hierarchal time-division multiplexed (TDM) space based routing and interconnection to provide reduced latency, increased flexibility, lower cost, and lower power consumption. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to exploit networks operating in multiple domains by overlaying mode division multiplexing to provide increased throughput in bus, point-to-point networks, and multi-cast networks, for example, discretely or in combination with wavelength division multiplexing.

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THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING / MCGILL UNIVERSITYMONTREAL QUEBEC H3A 0G4

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Andriolli, Nicola Pisa, IT 11 113
Cerutti, Isabella Pisa, IT 4 89
Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile Montreal, CA 8 202
Velha, Philippe San Giuliano Terme, IT 3 28

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