• DocumentCode
    447965
  • Title

    Vertically-coupled MEMS microdisks for tunable optical delays and dynamic dispersion compensation

  • Author

    Lee, Ming-Chang M. ; Wu, Ming C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    27-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    434
  • Lastpage
    436
  • Abstract
    Rapidly tunable chromatic dispersion is realized by vertically-coupled microdisk resonators with MEMS-actuated deformable waveguides. Group delays (27 to 65 ps) and dispersions (185 to 1200 ps/nm) are continuously tuned by voltage (<35 V)
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; micro-optics; microactuators; micromechanical resonators; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical resonators; optical tuning; MEMS-actuated deformable waveguides; dynamic dispersion compensation; rapidly tunable chromatic dispersion; tunable optical delays; vertically-coupled MEMS microdisks; Delay; Electrostatic actuators; Micromechanical devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Tunable circuits and devices; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201804
  • Filename
    1572870