System and Method for Optical Network

A method comprising:

• receiving, by an optical circuit switching matrix from a plurality of user nodes, a plurality of input optical packet streams;
• combining the plurality of input optical packet streams to produce a combined optical packet stream;
• switching a portion of the combined optical packet stream having a first wavelength to a first user node and switching a portion of the combined optical packet stream having a second wavelength to a second user node;
• transmitting, by the optical circuit switching matrix to the second user node, the first switched portion of the combined optical packet stream;
• and
• transmitting, by the optical circuit switching matrix to the second user node, the second switched portion of the combined optical packet stream.

An optical circuit switching matrix comprising:

• a plurality of optical ports, each optical port being optically coupled to a respective one of a plurality of user nodes with only one optical fiber coupling each of the user nodes to the optical circuit switching matrix;
• an optical coupler coupled to the plurality of optical ports, and an output port;
• and
• a wavelength demultiplexer having an input optically coupled to the output port of the optical coupler and a plurality of output ports.