Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: MEMS Reference Shelf (MEMSRS)
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About this book
Photonic Microsystems: Micro and Nanotechnology Applied to Optical Devices and Systems describes MEMS technology and demonstrates how MEMS allow miniaturization, parallel fabrication, and efficient packaging of optics, as well as integration of optics and electronics. Explained here is how the characteristics of MEMS enable practical implementations of a variety of applications, including projection displays, fiber switches, interferometers, and spectrometers. Photonic Microsystems also describes the phenomenon of Photonic crystals (nanophotonics) and demonstrates their ability to enable synthesis of materials with optimized optical characteristics. This provides control over optical fields over sub-wavelength distances, leading to devices with improved scaling and functionality compared to traditional optics. Photonic Microsystems concludes with an up-to-date 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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Photonic Microsystems
Book Subtitle: Micro and Nanotechnology Applied to Optical Devices and Systems
Authors: Olav Solgaard
Series Title: MEMS Reference Shelf
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68351-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-29022-5Due: 02 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3967-8Published: 09 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-68351-5Published: 05 April 2009
Series ISSN: 1936-4407
Series E-ISSN: 1936-4415
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 632
Number of Illustrations: 361 b/w illustrations
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Circuits and Systems