{"title":"Simulation of electric field distribution in CMOS single photon avalanche diodes at breakdown voltage","authors":"Jau-Yang Wu, Sheng-Di Lin","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924586","url":null,"abstract":"We simulate the electric field distribution in single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) fabricated by CMOS 0.25-μm high-voltage technology to explain the observed non-uniform 2-D photo-count mapping. The cause of non-uniform electric field distribution at the breakdown voltage is discussed with the aid of simulation. A method for improving the electric field uniformity is also proposed accordingly.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116468059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-locking Optoelectronic Tweezers for micro-particle manipulation","authors":"Yajiang Yang, Y. Mao, C. O. Chui, P. Chiou","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924540","url":null,"abstract":"We presented a novel Self-Locking Optoelectronic Tweezers (SLOT) for micro-particle manipulation. DEP force generated from ring-shape electrodes is utilized for micro-particle self-locking followed by selectively single particle releasing with lateral phototransistor-based optoelectronic tweezers. Single particle locking and releasing function were demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133573515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Gellineau, Yu-po Wong, Andrew Wang, M. Butte, O. Solgaard
{"title":"Miniature fiber facet atomic force microscope using photonic crystal sensors","authors":"A. Gellineau, Yu-po Wong, Andrew Wang, M. Butte, O. Solgaard","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924510","url":null,"abstract":"A miniaturized Atomic Force Microscope is fabricated on the facet of an optical fiber. Photonic crystal mirrors are integrated into the fabrication creating a Fabry Perot sensor for sensitive force measurements that verify the probe's ability to resolve forces down to 8 pN/Hz0.5. This AFM form factor enables a path towards in-vivo, high-bandwidth and non-contact AFM imaging.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122198811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microphotonics in satellite payloads and platforms","authors":"I. Mckenzie, N. Karafolas, P. van Loock","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924518","url":null,"abstract":"The European Space Agency has a comprehensive R&D program to develop microphotonic solutions for use is spacecraft engineering. This covers predominantly microphotonic devices and MOEMS to be used as the core devices of microwave-photonic equipment for Telecommunication Satellite Payloads such any Frequency Generation Unit, Frequency Conversion Unit, Switch and Beam Forming. Similar solutions are considered for equipment to be used in satellite platforms such as interrogation units for fiber optic temperature and strain sensors and miniature fiber optic gyroscopes and inertial measurement units.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125448352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Siew Shawn Yohanes, Deng Jun, S. Saha, S. Hussain, M. Tsang, A. Danner
{"title":"Fabrication and characterization of microring resonators in titanium diffused lithium niobate","authors":"Siew Shawn Yohanes, Deng Jun, S. Saha, S. Hussain, M. Tsang, A. Danner","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924535","url":null,"abstract":"Large microring resonators provide high confinement and small free spectral range. When sufficiently large, both microwave and optical photons can be confined by the structure, allowing microwave-optical coupling. Lithium niobate is an ideal candidate as it has high electro-optic and nonlinear coefficients. Electro-optic modulation of microring resonators allows dynamic and real-time tuning of the free-spectral range of the microring, making such a device useful for microwave photonics and quantum optics applications. We fabricate and characterize microring resonators in titanium diffused lithium niobate.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125536417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optical feedback control of resonant fibre scanners","authors":"M. Mokhtar, R. Syms","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924609","url":null,"abstract":"Intermittent reflection from an annular mirror surrounding the imaging lens is proposed as a method of providing feedback in a resonant fibre optical scanner. A phase locked loop and a proportional controller can then be used to adjust the drive frequency and amplitude. The system is demonstrated using a piezoelectrically actuated dual numerical aperture confocal resonant fibre scanner.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129481362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Chiu, W.-C Lai, Chun-Hao Chang, Chun-Po Chang, Ching-Hung Chen, Chih-Hsiang Lai, W. Hsu
{"title":"Monolithic Ni-electroplated microstructure and its application in micro mirrors and micro assembly","authors":"Y. Chiu, W.-C Lai, Chun-Hao Chang, Chun-Po Chang, Ching-Hung Chen, Chih-Hsiang Lai, W. Hsu","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924611","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents micro mirrors and micro assembly mechanisms fabricated by monolithic nickel electroplating. Multiple nickel structural layers were electroplated and patterned with copper as the sacrificial material. A novel side latch design was proposed and demonstrated for 3D micro assembly of micro mirrors by simple push operation of micro probes. Micro mirrors was assembled in about 15 sec in laboratory tests. The resonance frequency of the scanning mode of a stand-alone micro mirror was measured to be 4.753 kHz with a quality factor of about 470.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129220371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Adiyan, F. Çivitci, R. B. Erarslan, O. Ferhanoğlu, H. Torun, H. Urey
{"title":"Simultaneous two-wavelength readout for thermo-mechanical MEMS detectors","authors":"U. Adiyan, F. Çivitci, R. B. Erarslan, O. Ferhanoğlu, H. Torun, H. Urey","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924576","url":null,"abstract":"We proposed a novel two-wavelength optical readout for grating based thermo-mechanical MEMS arrays by using two color LEDS butt-coupled to a multi-mode fiber, which provides spatial auto-registration of two different color images on a single camera. The -1st diffraction orders of the different colors are simultaneously monitored with different channels (R and G) of the RGB camera. The sensitivity of the MEMS array is improved by using the channel data with higher sensitivity for each MEMS detector under a thermal load.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121376884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of portable microscope with tunable working distance by using dielectric liquid lens","authors":"K. Liao, Wei-Jung Wang, R. Luo, H. Tsai, J. Yeh","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924567","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the development of a portable microscope with dielectric liquid lens. This device provides the tunable working distance from 7.6 mm to 6.7 mm by adjusting the voltage of dielectric liquid lens. The liquid lens's response time is about 200 ms and electric power consumption about 0.32 mW.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115340952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"50μm gap 8×8 pixels deformable mirror fabricated by membrane transfer process","authors":"T. Wu, T. Sasaki, M. Akiyama, K. Hane","doi":"10.1109/OMN.2014.6924577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OMN.2014.6924577","url":null,"abstract":"We propose, design and fabricate here an electrostatically actuated continuous single-crystal-silicon membrane deformable mirror (DM) for astronomical observation. A 50μm air gap is generated a large between the mirror membrane and the electrode to get a large stroke. A DM with a 4mm×4mm mirror membrane and 8×8 underlying electrode array a is fabricated by combining Au-Si eutectic wafer bonding and the subsequent all-dry release process.","PeriodicalId":161791,"journal":{"name":"2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130686072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}