OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

An optical interconnection system and method are provided. The system includes two or more than two basic units (1) that are stacked and interconnected. The basic unit (1) includes an optical network layer (11) and an electrical layer (12). In each basic unit (1), the optical network layer (11) is electrically interconnected with the electrical layer (12); and the optical network layer (11) of each basic unit (1) is optically interconnected with an optical network layer (11) of an adjacent basic unit (1). In this method, through optical interconnection between optical network layers (11), an optical signal is transmitted between the optical network layers (11), and an electrical signal is transmitted at the electrical layer (12), so that signal transmission and data processing are implemented between stacked layers that are optically interconnected. Through optical interconnection in three-dimensional space, a limitation on a quantity of stacked electrical layers is reduced, and efficiency of signal transmission is increased.