{"title":"Bidirectional Thermo-Acoustic Modulator Based on LiNbO₃ Thin Film","authors":"Xuankai Xu;Yushuai Liu;Tao Wu","doi":"10.1109/JMEMS.2024.3510540","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This letter presents a bidirectional thermo-acoustic (TA) modulator utilizing Y36-cut LiNbO<inline-formula> <tex-math>$_{\\mathbf {3}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> thin film. The device integrates two TA phase modulators and a one-dimensional (1D) phase-control transducer within a compact footprint of less than 0.35 mm2. The suspended LN thin film TA phase modulator demonstrates a phase response of 17°/mW. The composed TA amplitude modulator supports bidirectional amplitude modulation, achieving over 30 dB modulation at 460 MHz with a control voltage of 1.1 V. This compact and efficient design makes it ideal for phononic integrated circuit (PnIC) and advanced acoustic signal processing applications. [2024-0162]","PeriodicalId":16621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems","volume":"34 2","pages":"110-112"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10858366/","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This letter presents a bidirectional thermo-acoustic (TA) modulator utilizing Y36-cut LiNbO$_{\mathbf {3}}$ thin film. The device integrates two TA phase modulators and a one-dimensional (1D) phase-control transducer within a compact footprint of less than 0.35 mm2. The suspended LN thin film TA phase modulator demonstrates a phase response of 17°/mW. The composed TA amplitude modulator supports bidirectional amplitude modulation, achieving over 30 dB modulation at 460 MHz with a control voltage of 1.1 V. This compact and efficient design makes it ideal for phononic integrated circuit (PnIC) and advanced acoustic signal processing applications. [2024-0162]
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: devices ranging in size from microns to millimeters, IC-compatible fabrication techniques, other fabrication techniques, measurement of micro phenomena, theoretical results, new materials and designs, micro actuators, micro robots, micro batteries, bearings, wear, reliability, electrical interconnections, micro telemanipulation, and standards appropriate to MEMS. Application examples and application oriented devices in fluidics, optics, bio-medical engineering, etc., are also of central interest.