Multi-wavelength optical signal splitting

A method comprising:

• receiving a multi-wavelength optical signal, wherein the multi-wavelength optical signal comprises a plurality of optical wavelengths and has a power level;
• receiving an electrical signal;
• splitting the plurality of optical wavelengths into a plurality of optical wavelength groups, wherein the plurality of optical wavelength groups are fewer than the plurality of optical wavelengths;
• splitting the multi-wavelength optical signal or the plurality of optical wavelength groups into a plurality of lower power signal groups, each of the lower power signal groups having a lower power level than the power level of the multi-wavelength optical signal;
• and
• encoding the electrical signal into the plurality of optical wavelength groups, the plurality of lower power signal groups, or a combination thereof.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions executable by a physical processor, the physical processor causing the processor to:

• acknowledge that a multi-wavelength optical signal arrived to a first splitter, wherein the multi-wavelength optical signal comprises a plurality of optical wavelengths and has a power level;
• acknowledge that an electrical signal arrived to a modulator;
• control the first splitter to split the plurality of optical wavelengths into a plurality of optical wavelength groups, wherein the plurality of optical wavelength groups are fewer than the plurality of optical wavelengths;
• control a second splitter to split the multi-wavelength optical signal or the plurality of optical wavelength groups into a plurality of lower power signal groups, each of the lower power signal groups having a lower power level than the power level of the multi-wavelength optical signal;
• and
• configure the modulator to encode the electrical signal into the plurality of optical wavelength groups, the plurality of lower power signal groups, or a combination thereof.