Title :
Optical beam positioning with PDMS thin film resonators for thermal drift compensation in free-space optical interconnects
Author :
Krantz, M.C. ; Metz, P. ; Glöckler, F. ; Peters, S. ; Lemmer, U. ; Gerken, M.
Author_Institution :
Integrated Syst. & Photonics, Christian Albrechts Univ. zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Abstract :
Resonance enhanced beam displacements of ~40 μm are measured using a thin film resonator thermally activated by Joule heating. Using this for thermal drift and placement error compensation in free space optical interconnects is suggested.
Keywords :
beam steering; optical interconnections; optical polymers; optical resonators; polymer films; Joule heating; PDMS thin film resonators; free-space optical interconnects; optical beam positioning; placement error compensation; resonance enhanced beam displacements; thermal drift compensation; Displacement measurement; Heating; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Optical beams; Optical interconnections; Optical resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Keystone, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8428-7
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730084
