Patent ID: 7356216

Claim:
An optical cross-connect comprising: a glass wedge, having a front end and a back end, positioned between a first one-dimensional collimator array and a second one-dimensional collimator array, where the first collimator array includes a first groove array having a first set of etched grooves for placing a first group of optical fibers and the second collimator array includes a second groove array having a second set of etched grooves for placing a second group of optical fibers; and a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) substrate attached at a fixed distance from the front end of the glass wedge, the MEMS substrate including a first column of mirrors and a second column of mirrors, at least some of the mirrors in each column being capable of pivoting about a first axis and a second axis; wherein the at least some of the mirrors may pivot bi-directionally about the first axis and uni-directionally about the second axis.