| Abstract: | The present disclosure includes apparatus, system, and method embodiments
that provide micro electro mechanical system optical switching and
methods of manufacturing switches. For example, one optical switch
embodiment includes at least one micro electro mechanical system type
pivot mirror structure disposed along a path of an optical signal, the
structure having a mirror and an actuator, and the mirror having a pivot
axis along a first edge and having a second edge rotatable with respect
to the pivot axis, the mirror being capable of and arranged to be
actuated to pivot between a position parallel to a plane of an optical
signal and a position substantially normal to the plane of the optical
signal. |