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
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