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An optical processing system includes an amplifier, a receiving device, an electronic processor, and a transmitting device. The receiving device includes a first wave-guide based router and an array of detectors. The array of detectors receives the first optical signals and converts the first optical signals into an electrical signal. The transmitting device includes an optical switching array that is receives the second optical signals and to perform an optical switching operation on the second optical signals. The transmitting device also includes a second wave-guide based router that is operable to receive the second optical signals and to combine the second optical signals into an output optical signal. In one particular embodiment, the first wave-guide based router and the array of detectors are co-located on a first semiconductor substrate, and the array of modulators and the second wave-guide based router are co-located on a second semiconductor substrate.

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