A mirror driver is disclosed which includes: a mirror having a reflective
surface reflecting incident light thereon; a pair of mechanical beams
diametrically opposed to each other with the mirror inbetween as viewed
along a reference line parallel to the reflective surface; an actuator
imparting bending motions to the pair of beams, respectively; and a pair
of joints integrally coupling the pair of beams and the mirror to each
other, with less rigidity to resist deformation than rigidity of the pair
of beams and the mirror, for allowing conversion of the bending motions
of the pair of beams into a rigid-body motion of the mirror without
inducing an angular oscillation about the reference line.