A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) may integrate one or more optical devices onto a common substrate. For example, a PIC may include a laser, a photo-diode, a modulator, an optical combining element, an arrayed waveguide grating, a power combiner, an optical multiplexer, an optical demultiplexer, or the like. In a polarization multiplexed configuration, the PIC may include a polarization beam combiner, a polarization rotators, a polarization beam splitter, or the like. Silicon photonics (SIP) circuitry may include one or more optical devices utilized for manipulating an optical signal received from a laser. For example, SIP circuitry may include an optical combiner, an optical splitter, a modulator, or the like.
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