A high efficiency, low cost, nondispersive optical multiplexing arrangement for optical beams, used a technique denominated “Reverse Laser Scanning.” In the Reverse Laser Scanning operation, different laser beams angularly meet on the rotational axis of a galvanometer-mounted mirror or the like. Upon reflection from the mirror, each of the laser beams is propagated along one defined direction by appropriate angular positioning of the galvanometer mirror. The process enables several useful deployments, including multi-chemical detection using several lasers in the same sensor, remotely operated laser switching for medical surgery and diagnosis where multiple lasers may be used, and wavelength, code, and time division multiplexing in communication systems, among others.