Abstract: The present invention relates in a first aspect to an alignment arrangement for aligning a first and a second optical component, wherein at the least the first optical component of the alignment arrangement comprises at least one optical fiber. The alignment arrangement comprises a number of cantilevers corresponding to the number of optical fibers in the first optical component. Each cantilever is fixed at one end to the alignment arrangement, and at an opposite free end comprises a support tip having a groove for receiving a respective optical fiber of the first optical component. Each cantilever is arranged for deflecting in an X-direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cantilever, and in a Y-direction perpendicular to the X-direction and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cantilever. Each cantilever comprises at least one piezoelectric element for providing said deflection in the X- and Y-direction by actuating the piezoelectric element with at least two electrodes.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged for deflecting an optical component for alignment purposes of the optical component with a further optical component, wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of adjacently placed elongate carriers, extending mutually parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction, wherein two adjacently placed elongate carriers have a spacing between them for receiving a first optical component such that the received optical component rests against two adjacently placed elongate carriers, wherein the two elongate carriers have slopes such that the spacing between the two adjacently placed elongate carriers is smaller at a bottom side compared to the spacing at a top side of the carriers, wherein the carriers comprise piezoelectric material configured to deflect the carriers in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction by actuating the piezoelectric material.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged for deflecting an optical component for alignment purposes of the optical component with a further optical component, wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of adjacently placed elongate carriers, extending mutually parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction, wherein two adjacently placed elongate carriers have a spacing between them for receiving a first optical component such that the received optical component rests against two adjacently placed elongate carriers, wherein the two elongate carriers have slopes such that the spacing between the two adjacently placed elongate carriers is smaller at a bottom side compared to the spacing at a top side of the carriers, wherein the carriers comprise piezoelectric material configured to deflect the carriers in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction by actuating the piezoelectric material.