To provide a wavelength-selection optical switch able to select a light
with a certain wavelength and an optical add/drop multiplexer using the
same. An optical switch comprising: a silicon substrate; a glass
substrate arranged to face a surface of the silicon substrate and having
a transparent electrode layer in its opposing surface; a light
diffraction reflection layer aligned on a surface of the silicon
substrate; a liquid crystal layer aligned between the light diffraction
reflection layer and the transparent electrode layer; a silicon substrate
electrical terminal extracted from a rear surface of the silicon
substrate; and a means for applying voltage between the transparent
electrode layer and the silicon substrate electrical terminal; wherein
selection of wavelength of light diffracted and reflected by the light
diffraction reflection layer is possible by controlling the refraction
index of the liquid crystal layer through the voltage. A beam diameter of
a wavelength multiplexed light signal is widened by a collimator lens,
the wavelength multiplexed light signal with widened beam diameter is
directed to the optical switch, a light signal which has wavelength
selected through the applied voltage on the optical switch is only
diffracted and reflected by the optical switch.