• DocumentCode
    121339
  • Title

    Electrothermally actuated MEMS terahertz metamaterial

  • Author

    ChongPei Ho ; Pitchappa, Prakash ; Yu-Sheng Lin ; Chengkuo Lee

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    17-21 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    111
  • Lastpage
    112
  • Abstract
    We present the design, simulation, fabrication and characterization of a continuously tunable Omega-ring teratahertz metamaterial. The tunability of metamaterial is obtained by integrating electrothermal actuator where higher tuning range, larger stroke and enhanced repeatability are possible. The maximum achieved tuning range for the resonant frequency is around 0.30 THz for the input power of 500 mW.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic actuators; microactuators; terahertz metamaterials; tuning; MEMS; continuously tunable Omega-ring teratahertz metamaterial; integrating electrothermal actuator; power 500 mW; repeatability; resonant frequency; stroke; tunability; tuning range; Aluminum oxide; Heating; Metamaterials; Micromechanical devices; Resonant frequency; Temperature measurement; Tuning; MEMS; Terahertz; electrothermal actuation; metamaterial;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Glasgow
  • ISSN
    2160-5033
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-9928-4140-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMN.2014.6924588
  • Filename
    6924588