The bright cubes are the laser chips that are bonded on top of the quartz, since native silicon lasers aren't practical.
That whole illustration looks like a bunch of chips in a wafer maybe with testing and monitoring patterns included.
Looks like some other stuff like modulators in the top right of the square. Maybe a test run for process control?
Edit: yeah the cubes are definitely laser dies, fig 2 shows the process. The patterns are the couplers and such to get the light in without losses and at the right direction.