High speed focus control MEMS mirror with controlled air damping for vital microscopy

MJ Moghimi, KN Chattergoon… - Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high speed focus control microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror with a step
response time of 100 μsec and small-displacement bandwidth of 25 kHz is reported for a 3 …

Fabrication of comb-drive actuators for straining nanostructured suspended graphene

M Goldsche, GJ Verbiest, T Khodkov, J Sonntag… - …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the fabrication and characterization of an optimized comb-drive actuator
design for strain-dependent transport measurements on suspended graphene. We fabricate …

Circular pyramidal kirigami microscanner with millimeter-range low-power lens drive

M Hashimoto, Y Taguchi - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
This paper proposes an electrothermally-actuated circular pyramidal kirigami microscanner
with a millimeter-range low-power lens drive for endoscopic biomedical applications. A …

MEMS autofocus actuator

RJ Topliss - US Patent 8,711,495, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) autofocus actuator having a
Support member for Supporting a lens ele ment, the Support member including a stationary …

Compact three-axis actuator for positioning a polymer microlens in an optical pickup

P Li, LF Pan, H Zappe - Journal of microelectromechanical …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe a microelectromechanical systems-based actuator for three-dimensional (3D)
positioning of a polymer microlens implemented using silicon-on-glass technology. The …

Tunable photonic nanojet achieved using a core–shell microcylinder with nematic liquid crystal

CY Liu - Journal of Modern Optics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
A tunable photonic nanojet achieved using a core–shell microcylinder with nematic liquid
crystal is reported. The core–shell microcylinder can be obtained by the infiltration of liquid …

AlInGaAs multiple quantum well-integrated device with multifunction light emission/detection and electro-optic modulation in the near-infrared range

X Li, S Ni, Y Jiang, J Li, W Wang, J Yuan, D Li… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A monolithic photonic chip with multifunctional light emission/detection and electro-optic
modulation capabilities in the near-infrared range is proposed and realized on an InP-based …

[HTML][HTML] Behavior analysis of comb-drive actuators operating in near-zero-overlap configuration

A Marković, H Fanet, G Pillonnet, B Legrand - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Comb structures are widely used in micro-electromechanical systems as basic components
of electrostatic actuators, capacitive sensors, resonators and energy harvesters. Typically …

A large range micro-XZ-stage with monolithic integration of electrothermal bimorph actuators and electrostatic comb drives

X Zhang, L Zhou, H Xie - 2016 IEEE 29th International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports a micro-XZ-stage with large quasi-static displacement in both in-plane
and out-of-plane directions, achieved by monolithic integration of large-vertical …

Tunable plasmonic sensor with metal–liquid crystal–metal structure

D Ahmadian, C Ghobadi, J Nourinia - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new tunable plasmonic biosensor is proposed by embedding liquid crystals in the slit
region of a corrugated plasmonic nanoslit array. The absorption spectrum of the structure …