Patent ID: 9011020
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical interconnect comprising: an optical waveguide; an interconnect body, the optical waveguide terminating in the interconnect body; a micro lens which collimates light exiting the optical waveguide to produce a collimated beam; a first personality module comprising an optical element which is placed to operate on the collimated beam; the first personality module being aligned with and detachably connected to the interconnect body, such that different personality modules comprising different optical elements which operate differently on the collimate beam can be detachably connected to the interconnect body; in which the optical interconnect is configured to be inserted into a socket in an optical backplane, the first personality module being further placed to operate on the light passing between the optical backplane and the optical interconnect; and a second personality module configured to selectively replace the first personality module, the second personality module reconfiguring a network architecture of the optical backplane.