Optical crossconnect and mirror systems

An optical mirror system comprising:

• a substrate;
• a reflective assembly coupled to the substrate;
• an actuating means coupled to the substrate;
• and
• a displacing means mechanically coupled to the reflective assembly, the displacing means including a holding plate and a drawing means having two ends, a first end fixedly attached to the substrate, the displacing means having a biasing means for coupling the reflective assembly to the substrate, wherein upon activation of the actuating means, the biasing means bends the reflective assembly from a first position in which the reflective assembly is in a non-reflective state and a second position in which the reflective assembly is in a reflective state.

An optical add/drop multiplexer comprising:

• a light beam traveling along a path;
• at least one optical mirror system comprising:
• a substrate;
• a reflective assembly attached to the substrate;
• an actuating mechanism attached to the substrate;
• a drawbridge assembly mechanically coupled to the reflective assembly, the drawbridge assembly having a biasing mechanism for coupling the reflective assembly to the substrate, wherein upon activation of the actuating mechanism, the biasing mechanism bends the reflective assembly from a first position in which the reflective assembly is in a non-reflective state and a second position in which the reflective assembly is in a reflective state;
• at least one input fiber for emitting the light beam;
• at least one output fiber for receiving the light beam;
• at least one add fiber for adding the light beam;
• and
• at least one drop fiber for dropping the light beam;
• wherein the light beam passes through the at least one optical system and the path of the light beam is determined by an reflective state and a non-reflective state of the optical mirror system.

An optical crossconnect system comprising:

• a light beam traveling along a path;
• at least one optical mirror system comprising:
• a substrate;
• a reflective assembly coupled to the substrate;
• an actuating mechanism coupled to the substrate;
• a drawbridge assembly mechanically coupled to the reflective assembly, the drawbridge assembly having a biasing mechanism for coupling the reflective assembly to the substrate, wherein upon activation of the actuating mechanism, the biasing mechanism bends the reflective assembly from a first position in which the reflective assembly is in a non-reflective state and a second position in which the reflective assembly is in a reflective state;
• at least one input fiber for emitting the light beam;
• and
• at least one output fiber for receiving the light beam;
• wherein the light beam passes through the at least one optical system and the path of the light beam is determined by an reflective state and a non-reflective state of the optical mirror system.