Patent ID: 11953724
Assignee: LIGHTMATTER, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method for operating a photonic communication platform, comprising:
obtaining a substrate comprising:
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; and
a photonic link coupling the first photonic circuit to the second photonic circuit; and

arbitrating allocation of the first and second pluralities of photonic modules between a first user and a second user, wherein arbitrating comprises:
optically isolating the first photonic circuit from the second photonic circuit by optically interrupting the photonic link.