• DocumentCode
    2163942
  • Title

    Surface-micromachined MEMS corner cube retro-reflector array

  • Author

    Yu-fan Chen ; Hsu-Tang Chang ; Bo-Jiun Chen ; Jui-che Tsai

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    18-22 Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    105
  • Lastpage
    106
  • Abstract
    A linear array of MEMS corner cube retro-reflectors (CCR) fabricated with the MUMPs polysilicon surface micromachining process is presented. The CCR´s opening faces straight upwards, providing ease of use and better field of view. Tunability can be achieved by employing a drivable mirror as one of the CCR´s three mirrors. A novel idea of assembling an N × N CCR array is also proposed.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; micro-optomechanical devices; micromachining; micromirrors; optical arrays; optical fabrication; optical tuning; retroreflectors; silicon; CCR array; MUMP polysilicon surface micromachining process; Si; drivable mirror; linear array; surface-micromachined MEMS corner cube retroreflector array; Arrays; Latches; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical device fabrication; Optical reflection; Optical scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kanazawa
  • ISSN
    2160-5033
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-1512-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMN.2013.6659081
  • Filename
    6659081