OPTICAL FREE AIR BUS INTERCONNECT

An apparatus comprises a plurality of laser emitters each having a different center frequency; a plurality of photodiodes arranged to receive laser energy from the laser emitters via an air space; and a plurality of laser bandpass filters arranged between the plurality of laser emitters and the plurality of photodiodes, wherein each one of the photodiodes is arranged to receive laser energy respectively via one of the laser bandpass filters, and wherein each laser bandpass filter has one of the different center frequencies included in a passband of the laser bandpass filter and has the other of the different center frequencies excluded from the passband.