Photonic Microsystems

This book describes MEMS technology and demonstrates how MEMS allows miniaturization, parallel fabrication, and efficient packaging of optics, as well as integration of optics and electronics. It shows how the characteristics of MEMS enable practical implementations of a variety of applications, including projection displays, fiber switches, interferometers, spectrometers. The book goes on to describe the phenomenon of Photonic crystals (nanophotonics) and demonstrate how Photonic crystals enable synthesis of materials with optimized optical characteristics and allow control over optical fields over sub-wavelength distances, leading to devices with improved scaling and functionality compared to traditional optics. The book concludes with a discussion of the need for the combination of MEMS and Photonic crystals by demonstrating that practical photonic-crystal devices leverage MEMS technology for integration and packaging.

Discusses the combination of MEMS and Photonic crystals by demonstrating that practical photonic-crystal devices leverage MEMS technology for integration and packaging Detailed discussion on the role of miniaturization in the integration and packaging of photonic Microsystems Describes the fundamental limits on scaling of optical devices and systems Demonstrates concepts and designs that are well-suited to miniaturization and therefore to microsystems implementations Formulates analytical descriptions of Photonic Crystals to develop intuition and design acumen Describes practical application of Photonic-Crystal technology

Inhalt
to Optical Microsystems.- Electromagnetic Fields and Energy.- Plane Waves at Interfaces.- Diffraction and Gaussian Beams.- Optical Fibers and Waveguides.- Fiber and Waveguide Devices.- Optical MEMS Scanners.- Optical MEMS Fiber Switches.- Micromirror Arrays Amplitude and Phase.- Grating Light Modulators.- Grating Light Modulators for Fiber Optics.- Optical Displacement Sensors.- Micro-Optical Filters.- Photonic Crystal Fundamentals.- Photonic Crystal Devices and Systems.