• DocumentCode
    2571353
  • Title

    Optics and actuators for miniaturized spectrometers

  • Author

    Manzardo, Omar ; Guldimann, Benedikt ; Marxer, Cornel R. ; De Rooij, Nico F. ; Herzig, Hans-Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microtechnol., Nauchatel Univ., Switzerland
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    23
  • Lastpage
    24
  • Abstract
    We propose a variety of miniaturized microelectromechanical (MEMS) spectrometers. Emphasis is put on the development of a Fourier transform spectrometer based on a Michelson interferometer. A new design of the existing chip has been realized in order to integrate an input fiber, a collimating system as well as a beam splitting plate. This new design allows to carry out spectroscopy with white light. In fact, since white light has a smaller length of coherence, the phase difference zero is extremely important to be well set, i.e. the optical path in each branch of the interferometer has to be equal. Finally, we present two other designs of spectrometers: a lamellar grating spectrometer and a Hadamard transform spectrometer
  • Keywords
    Fourier transform spectrometers; Michelson interferometers; electrostatic actuators; micro-optics; micromachining; mirrors; optical beam splitters; optical fabrication; visible spectrometers; Fourier transform spectrometer; Hadamard transform spectrometer; MEMS spectrometers; Michelson interferometer; beam splitting plate; collimating system; comb drive actuator; equal optical path; lamellar grating spectrometer; micromachining; micromirror; miniaturized spectrometers; phase difference zero; white light spectroscopy; Actuators; Fourier transforms; Gratings; Mirrors; Optical beams; Optical collimators; Optical interferometry; Semiconductor device measurement; Spectroscopy; Ultraviolet sources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS, 2000 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kauai, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6257-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2000.879609
  • Filename
    879609