Optical Beam Steering

This invention generally relates to an optical beam steering apparatus and a method of manufacturing an optical beam steering apparatus, and more particularly to an optical add drop multiplexer (OADM) such as a reconfigurable OADM (ROADM) comprising the optical beam steering apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a slab and a plurality of optical elements in or on a first surface of said slab, the plurality of optical elements including at least one liquid crystal on silicon element, the apparatus being arranged such that at least one optical beam can propagate freely in the slab from one of said plurality of optical elements to another one of said plurality of optical elements via a reflection from a second surface of the optical beam steering apparatus.

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Patents:
WO 2,010,055,351

Inventor(s): COLLINGS NEIL [GB]; CROSSLAND WILLIAM [GB]; REDMOND MAURA MICHELLE [GB]; NUGENT DAVID [GB]; ROBERTSON BRIAN [GB]

Type of Offer: Sale



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