ARTICLE INCLUDING DEFORMABLE MIRROR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide adaptive optics in the type of a micromachined mirror to eliminate the optical/mechanical independence of a uniform reflection layer and to eliminate the many actuators of the conventional mirror arrays. SOLUTION: This article for directing a light signal between optical waveguides is disclosed. The article includes plural mirror elements which are mechanically and electrically interconnected and form reflection surfaces. The reflection surfaces can be deformed by impression of voltage. The light signal sent from the source waveguide can be directed to the different destination waveguides when the reflection surfaces are deformed. The plural mirror elements are actuated by the single actuator.