Patent ID: 7715714

Claim:
A laser power grid, comprising: a plurality of continuous-work (cw) laser sources, for generating a plurality of light propagations, such that each of said light propagations is distinct by its wavelength; a laser distribution grid comprising at least one optical fiber optically coupled to said plurality of light propagations, for transmitting said plurality of light propagations to an input signal; a network of processing elements (PEs), each addressable by a corresponding distinct wavelength, and a plurality of optical-switch arrays of a number corresponding to a number of PEs, each of said optical-switch arrays serving a respective one of the PEs and comprising a number of optical switches corresponding to a number of said light propagations, the optical switches being coupled to said laser distribution grid and adapted for deflecting a predetermined portion of a single one of said light propagations, distinct by its wavelength, responsive to an input signal so that another PE served by another of said plurality of optical-switch arrays is designated, to thereby enable a wavelength addressing in which every PE in the network is assigned to a wavelength, as a receiving address, said input signal specifying which one of said light propagations, distinct by its wavelength, is desired, at each of said optical-switch arrays, wherein each of said optical-switch arrays is adapted to deflect light propagations of different wavelengths, responsive to different input signals, and wherein, the remainder portion of said single one of said light propagations and the remainder of said plurality of light propagations continue to propagate through said laser distribution grid, to the other ones of said plurality of optical-switch arrays, where predetermined portions of other light propagations, distinct by their wavelength, are deflected, responsive to other input signals.