Title :
Spot size dependence of micromachined tunable filter performance
Author :
Janto, Wiganes ; Amano, Takeru ; Hino, Tomoyula ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Microsyst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We present the modeling and experiment on the spot size dependence on the performance of micromachined filters. We point out that a proper design on the spot size of an input light is very important for realizing a narrow pass-band MEMS filter.
Keywords :
micro-optics; micromachining; micromechanical devices; optical filters; optical tuning; input light spot size; micromachined tunable filter performance; narrow pass-band MEMS filter; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Insertion loss; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274608