Abstract: Disclosed is a micro-optical interconnect component including an optical platform including, arranged onto a substrate, at least one optical alignment structure fixing an optical component and/or arranged as alignment structure to adapt another interconnect component. The optical platform includes a light deflecting element, having a total volume of less than 1 mm3, and made of a material having a refractive index higher than 1. The light deflecting element includes a face, facing the optical alignment structure, and has a curved reflecting surface so that an incident light beam onto the first face is deflected by an angle between 60° and 120°, the incident light beam may be provided from the outside or the inside of the substrate.