• DocumentCode
    2696197
  • Title

    High-efficiency MEMS tuneable gratings for external cavity lasers and microspectrometers

  • Author

    Lockhart, R. ; Tormen, M. ; Niedermann, P. ; Overstolz, T. ; Hoogerwerf, A. ; Stanley, R.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Swiss Center for Electron. & Microtechnol., Inc., Neuchatel
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    11-14 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    33
  • Lastpage
    34
  • Abstract
    Optical characterization of a second generation MEMS tuneable blazed grating with a 1times1 mm active area has demonstrated high-efficiency wavelength filtering with reflected outputs >90% and tuning over 25 nm in the near-infrared (NIR).
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; infrared spectrometers; laser accessories; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; micro-optomechanical devices; optical filters; MEMS gratings; external cavity lasers; high-efficiency wavelength filtering; microspectrometers; near-infrared spectrum; size 1 mm; tuneable gratings; Biomembranes; Etching; Gratings; Laser tuning; Micromechanical devices; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical tuning; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMs and Nanophotonics, 2008 IEEE/LEOS Internationall Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Freiburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1917-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1918-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2008.4607814
  • Filename
    4607814