Current-controlled curvature of coated micromirrors |
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Authors: | Liu Wei Talghader Joseph J |
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Institution: | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota 4-174 EE/CSci, 200 Union Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. wliu@ece.umn.edu |
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Abstract: | Precise control of micromirror curvature is critical in many optical microsystems. Micromirrors with current-controlled curvature are demonstrated. The working principle is that resistive heating changes the temperature of the micromirrors and thermal expansion induces a controlled curvature whose magnitude is determined by coating design. For example, for wide focal-length tuning, the radius of curvature of a gold-coated mirror was tuned from 2.5 to 8.2 mm over a current-induced temperature range from 22 degrees to 72 degrees C. For fine focal-length tuning, the radius of curvature of a dielectric-coated (SiO2/Y2O3 lambda/4 pairs) mirror was tuned from -0.68 to -0.64 mm over a current-induced temperature range from 22 to 84 degrees C. These results should be readily extendable to mirror flattening or real-time adaptive shape control. |
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