FSRM - Cours: Optical Microsystems

Optical Microsystems

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Objectifs du cours

In many current optical product developments, miniaturization of the optical core components is becoming a key prerequisite. Optical Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (Optical MEMS a.k.a. MOEMS) are more and more used to meet the tough size, low-power consumption, and speed requirements. This course will give an overview of state-of-the-art technology and devices based on MOEMS. The emphasis is on optical displays, optical fiber switches, laser-fiber couplers, optical attenuators, optical spectrometers and adaptive optics. The course will explain the basic optical configuration and working-principle of the different devices as well as the underlying technologies. The participants will gain a better understanding and insight on optical microsystems used current and future optical devices and systems such as microscopes, projectors, optical scanners, and optical networks.

Public cible

The course addresses the technically inclined, who is interested in research, developments and products of optical devices and microsystems

Contenu

Optical MEMS Basics: Actuators, Optics and microoptics, Technology
MOEMS Components and Devices: Mirrors for beam steering and switching, Shutters for attenuations, Ribbons for tunable gratings, Thin films for tunable optical filters
Areas of Application: Displays, Telecom, Science

Enseignant(s)

Dr Wilfried Noell from IMT at Swiss Federal Institute of Technolgoy at Neuchâtel. Wilfried Noell has been with the Institute of Microtechnology (IMT) since 1998. After working for more than two years on tools for nanoscience he became responsible for the laboratory's activities on optical microsystems (MOEMS) in the beginning of 2001. He is a project manager of various industrial and research projects based on Optical MEMS components. Education: He received his Ph.D. from the physics department of University of Ulm, Germany, in 1998. The Ph.D. work was pursued externally at the Institute for Microtechnology Mainz (IMM), Germany, on the development of a microfabricated optical near-field sensor (AFM-SNOM). He finished his physics studies with a diploma degree at the Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD), Germany, in 1994. His diploma thesis was a joined work between the applied optics group of the physics department of TUD and the research and technology center (FTZ) of the Deutsche Telekom on integrated optical waveguides based on InP.