• DocumentCode
    2094175
  • Title

    Driving of optical fiber by surface-micromachined cam-micromotor for the applications to variable optical attenuator

  • Author

    Kanamori, Y. ; Aoki, Y. ; Sasaki, M. ; Hosoya, H. ; Wada, A. ; Hane, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mechatronics & Precision Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    18-21 Aug. 2003
  • Firstpage
    119
  • Lastpage
    120
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses the fabrication of a novel variable optical attenuator (VOA). In this device, an optical fiber is directly driven by a cam-micromotor. The performance of the cam-micromotor and the coupling efficiency between two fibers are also examined.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; micromachining; micromotors; optical attenuators; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; cam-micromotor; coupling efficiency; optical fabrication; optical fiber driving; surface-micromachining; variable optical attenuator; Etching; Frequency; Helium; Mechatronics; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Stators; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS, 2003 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7830-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2003.1233495
  • Filename
    1233495