• DocumentCode
    2163951
  • Title

    A 3.3 V operated variable transmission attenuator based on subwavelength grating

  • Author

    Honma, Hiroaki ; Takahashi, Koichi ; Ishii, Hiroyuki ; Ishida, Makoto ; Sawada, Kazuaki

  • Author_Institution
    Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Toyohashi, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    18-22 Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    107
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) variable transmission attenuator based on a gap variable subwavelength grating with a low drive voltage. An array of parallel-plate actuators is deployed over a through hole. The transmitted light intensity decreased from 63.3% to 46.5% with a drive voltage of 3.2 V at a wavelength of 775 nm.
  • Keywords
    actuators; diffraction gratings; infrared spectra; nanoelectromechanical devices; nanophotonics; optical arrays; optical attenuators; visible spectra; NEMS; drive voltage; gap variable subwavelength grating; nanoelectromechanical system variable transmission attenuator; parallel-plate actuator array; transmitted light intensity; voltage 3.2 V; voltage 3.3 V; wavelength 775 nm; Gratings; Integrated optics; Nanoelectromechanical systems; Optical attenuators; Optical films; Optical sensors;
  • 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.2013.6659082
  • Filename
    6659082