Methods and systems for board level photonic bridges

A device for interconnecting a plurality of N electronic server elements of a server blade, the device comprising;

• a monolithic photonic circuit provided within the server blade, the monolithic photonic circuit incorporating an N×N optical switch wherein,
• each input port of the N×N optical switch being coupleable to a corresponding one of the plurality of N electronic server elements within the server blade;
• each output port of the N×N optical switch being coupleable to a corresponding one of the plurality of N electronic server elements within the server blade;
• the monolithic photonic circuit incorporating a plurality of electro-optic (E/O) arrays, a plurality of channel wavelength multiplexers, and at least one optical detector;
• the input ports of the N×N optical switch being coupleable to corresponding ones of the plurality of N electronic circuits via corresponding ones of the plurality of electro-optic arrays and corresponding ones of the plurality of channel wavelength multiplexers, each E/O array generating a plurality of wavelengths multiplexed to each other via a corresponding one of the plurality of channel wavelength muitiplexers;
• and
• each of the output ports of the N×N optical switch being coupleable to the corresponding one of the plurality of N electronic circuits via the at least one optical detector;
• wherein the E/O arrays generate the plurality of wavelengths offset relative to each other in time, the at least one optical detector being provided in the form of a broadband detector for detecting the plurality of wavelengths offset relative to each other in time.