A large piston displacement mems mirror with electrothermal ladder actuator arrays for fourier transform spectroscopy applications

  • S. R. Samuelson*
  • , H. Xie
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A large displacement piston motion micromirror is designed, fabricated and tested with device features tuned to application in a hand-portable Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (FTS) system. The fabricated MEMS mirror is based on electrothermal actuation and has a footprint of 1.9×1.9×0.5mm3 with a mirror aperture of 1.02mm. The application optimized device holds key features of ultralow maximum tilt of 0.25°, a large, strongly linear motion of 90μm achievable at only 1.2V dc and a maximum theoretical spectral resolution of 55.6cm-1. This device is further characterized with pertinent characteristics for applicability to rapid scan FTS system configurations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head 2012
EditorsMehran Mehregany, David J. Monk
PublisherTransducer Research Foundation
Pages141-144
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9780964002494
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head 2012 - Hilton Head, United States
Duration: 3 Jun 20127 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameTechnical Digest - Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop

Conference

Conference2012 Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHilton Head
Period3/06/127/06/12

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