Apparatus is disclosed for optically steering an optical beam, the
apparatus comprising a pair of optical prism components arranged together
with a diffraction grating so as to allow efficient coupling of an array
of spectrally and spatially offset laser diodes to a common optical
fiber. A method of optically steering at least one of a series of optical
beams is disclosed, the method comprising providing a pair of optical
prism components comprising a thermo-optic material; actuating at least
one of the components so as to steer at least one of the series of
optical beams received from an array of spatially and spectrally offset
lasers.