Patent ID: 6714700
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An assembly, comprising:a first plurality of optical devices formed from a first substrate and distributed in a plane of said first substrate; and a second plurality of optical devices formed from a second substrate and distributed in a plane of said second substrate; wherein said first and second substrates are bonded together and allow a beam of light to be transmitted through optical elements on both of said substrates; and wherein each of said optical devices formed on one of said first and second substrates comprises: a deformable mechanical element extending in a direction parallel to a principal surface of said one substrate; an optical element supported on said mechanical element and providing at least partial transmission therethrough of light incident thereupon into any of plurality of directions extending closer to a normal to said principal surface than parallel to said principal surface; and an electrical control element controllably deforming said mechanical element and thereby selecting one of said plurality of directions.