Modular fiber optic switch core

An optical switching core, comprising:

• an input optical tile comprising an input collimating optics array optically coupled to an input transparent beam directing array;
• a second optical tile comprising an output collimating optics array, comprising a plurality of output ports, optically coupled to an output transparent beam directing array;
• a frame, wherein said input optical tile is coupled to a first side of said frame and wherein said second optical tile is coupled to a second side of said frame, and wherein said input transparent beam steering array redirects a plurality of input optical beams transmitted by said collimating optics array to at least one of said plurality of output ports.

An optical switching core, comprising:

• two or more optical tiles, wherein each of said optical tiles comprises a collimating optics array and a transparent beam directing array optically coupled to said collimating optics array and wherein said two or more optical tiles form an NxM optical switch for redirecting a plurality of incoming optical beams to at least one of a plurality of output ports.