TY - JOUR
AU - de Rooij, Nicolaas F.
AB - We report on an angle-tunable oblique incidence resonant grating filter that can be used to drop individual channels from the C-band for incident TE-polarized light. For tuning purpose, the filter is glued onto a tiltable platform of a MEMS device. Continues scanning of the platform allows to monitor channel presence and power. The reflected wavelength is tuned by changing the angle of incidence of the resonant grating filter, which is composed of two thin films with a grating pattern on top of it. The first layer on a glass substrate acts as a waveguide, and the second layer separates the waveguide from the grating. The grating has been patterned by holographic recording and dry etching. The filter works over a wavelength range of 1520-1580 nm and its response has a Lorentian shape with 0.5 nm FWHM peak width. The MEMS part is based on SOI technology and is processed in only two DRIE steps. The platform measures 2 x 2 mm 2 with a through-hole of 1.6 x 1.8 mm 2 for light transmission. Two arrays of combs attached to the platform as well as a set of four static combs are used to electrostatically incline the platform by ± 4° with a driving voltage of about 60 V.
TI - MEMS tunable filter for telecom applications
JF - Proceedings of SPIE
DO - 10.1117/12.545581
DA - 2004-08-16
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/spie/mems-tunable-filter-for-telecom-applications-0agm0cNXby
SP - 240
EP - 251
VL - 5455
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -