Patent ID: 6782153
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A hybrid optical device comprising:a first set of one or more input optical channels that convey one or more beams of radiation; a second set of one or more output optical channels which receive radiation from said one or more beams; a filter passing at least one first portion of the one or more beams from selected channel(s) of the first set and reflecting at least one second portion of the one or more beams; a reflective surface reflecting at least some of the radiation in said at least one first portion; and an actuator that rotates said surface about one or more axes transverse to the one or more beams to each of a plurality of positions so that the one or more beams travel from selected channel(s) of said first set to selected channel(s) of said second set, wherein said surface at each of the plurality of positions reflects substantially all of the radiation passed by the filter, and directs a selected corresponding portion of the reflected radiation to the selected channel(s) in the second set.