Optical fiber interconnection devices, which can take the form of a
module, are disclosed that include an array of optical fibers and
multi-fiber optical-fiber connectors, for example, two twelve-port
connectors or multiples thereof, and three eight-port connectors or
multiples thereof. The array of optical fibers is color-coded and is
configured to optically interconnect the ports of the two twelve-port
connectors to the three eight-port connectors in a manner that preserves
transmit and receive polarization. In one embodiment, the interconnection
devices provide optical interconnections between twelve-fiber optical
connector configurations to eight-fiber optical connector configurations,
such as from twelve-fiber line cards to eight-fiber line cards, without
having to make structural changes to cabling infrastructure. In one
aspect, the optical fiber interconnection devices provide a migration
path from duplex optics to parallel optics.