Patent ID: 7532785

Claim:
A photonic interconnect comprising: a plurality of on-chip waveguides disposed on the surface of a substrate; a plurality of off-chip waveguides disposed on the surface of the substrate; a first source disposed on the surface of the substrate and coupled to a first end of each of the on-chip waveguides; and a second source disposed on the surface of the substrate and coupled to a second end of each of the on-chip waveguides; and at least one optoelectronic converter disposed on the surface of the substrate, the at least one optoelectronic converter photonically coupled to a portion of the plurality of on-chip waveguides and a portion of the plurality of off-chip waveguides and in electronic communication with at least one computer system component, wherein the optoelectronic converter encodes information generated by the at least one computer system component in unmodulated electromagnetic radiation generated by the first and second sources and converts modulated electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals that can be processed by the at least one computer system component.