MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement

A MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement is presented. The switch consists of an arrangement of electrostatic actuated cantilever beams. A movable fiber is attached to the cantilevers as such that it gets displaced as the cantilevers are actuated. By aligning another fiber towards the end o...

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Main Authors: Leow, C. W., Mohammad, A. B.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2006
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description A MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement is presented. The switch consists of an arrangement of electrostatic actuated cantilever beams. A movable fiber is attached to the cantilevers as such that it gets displaced as the cantilevers are actuated. By aligning another fiber towards the end of this movable fiber, a simple on/off switch is achieved. The switch can be extended to 1x2 by aligning 2 fibers at the receiving end. Design and modeling of the switch is done using a mixture of finite element and boundary element method, utilizing Coventor, a commercial MEMS modeling software. The switch can be utilized in optical monitoring and test equipment subassembly system.
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spelling utm-101062017-09-30T04:29:38Z http://eprints.utm.my/10106/ MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement Leow, C. W. Mohammad, A. B. TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering A MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement is presented. The switch consists of an arrangement of electrostatic actuated cantilever beams. A movable fiber is attached to the cantilevers as such that it gets displaced as the cantilevers are actuated. By aligning another fiber towards the end of this movable fiber, a simple on/off switch is achieved. The switch can be extended to 1x2 by aligning 2 fibers at the receiving end. Design and modeling of the switch is done using a mixture of finite element and boundary element method, utilizing Coventor, a commercial MEMS modeling software. The switch can be utilized in optical monitoring and test equipment subassembly system. 2006 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/10106/1/CWLeow2006_MemsOpticalSwitchBasedOnFiberDisplacement.pdf Leow, C. W. and Mohammad, A. B. (2006) MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement. In: The International Conference on MEMS and Nanotechnology, ICMN'06, 14-15 March 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.nnpc.re.kr/m/notice/event/2081/view?p_page=1&p_pagesize=10&o_field=&o_direction=&s_type=title&s_keyword=&s_country=0314&s_year=&s_month=
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Leow, C. W.
Mohammad, A. B.
MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement
title MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement
title_full MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement
title_fullStr MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement
title_full_unstemmed MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement
title_short MEMS optical switch based on fiber displacement
title_sort mems optical switch based on fiber displacement
topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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