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ArticleMicromachines2021

Evaluation and Optimization of a MOEMS Active Focusing Device.

Ulrich Mescheder, Michael Lootze, Khaled Aljasem

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Article in Micromachines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Ulrich MeschederDepartment of Mechanical & Medical Engineering, Institute for Microsystems Technology (IMST), Furtwangen University, Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, 78120 Furtwangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2116-5045
Michael LootzeDepartment of Mechanical & Medical Engineering, Institute for Microsystems Technology (IMST), Furtwangen University, Robert-Gerwig-Platz 1, 78120 Furtwangen, Germany.
Khaled AljasemZ-LASER GmbH, Merzhauser Str. 134, 79100 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8097-9321

Funding

Ministry of Science, Research, and Art at the state of Baden-Württemberg FEIH:KMU:1100328
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper we present a detailed evaluation of a micro-opto-electromechanical system (MOEMS) for active focusing which is realized using an electrostatically deformed thin silicon membrane. The evaluation is done using finite element methods and experimental characterization of the device behavior. The devices are realized in silicon on insulator technology. The influence of internal stress especially resulting from the high compressive buried oxide (BOX) layer is evaluated. Additionally, the effect of stress gradients in the crystalline device layer and of high reflective coatings such as aluminum is discussed. The influence of variations of some important process steps on the device performance is quantified. Finally, practical properties such as focal length control, long-term stability, hysteresis and dynamical response are presented and evaluated. The evaluation proves that the proposed membrane focusing device is suitable for high performance imaging (wavefront errors between λ/5-λ/10) with a large aperture (5 mm).

Indexed as

active focusingadaptive opticselectrostatic actuationFEMMOEMSSOIthin film stress

Identifiers

PMID33572402
PMCPMC7916260

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