Patent ID: 8594471

Claim:
An optical interconnect device comprising: an optical crossbar comprising: a plurality of input ports for receiving optical signals; a plurality of input waveguides in said optical crossbar, each connected to one of said plurality of input ports, for guiding said optical signals; a plurality of output ports in said optical crossbar; a plurality of output waveguides in said optical crossbar, each connected to one of said plurality of output ports; wherein said plurality of input waveguides and said plurality of output waveguides are disposed in an orthogonal relationship; and a dual micro-ring resonator disposed at each of a plurality of interconnection points between said plurality of input waveguides and said plurality of output waveguides in said optical crossbar, each of said dual micro-ring resonators being configured to redirect an optical wavelength associated with said optical signals from said one of said plurality of input waveguides to said one of said plurality of output waveguides; and an arrayed waveguide grating router (AWGr) connected to said optical crossbar.