具有光纤自定位保持结构的2×2扭转微镜光开关阵列的制作和机电特性

应用基于表面硅、体硅微电子工艺的混合微加工技术,制作了新型2×2扭转微镜光开关阵列,并研究了其在外加静电场和交变电场中的机电特性.当该光开关中悬挂多晶硅微镜的弹性扭转梁的厚度约为1μm时,驱动微镜以实现其"开"状态的拐点静电电压为270～290V,而维持微镜"开"状态的最低保持电压在55V左右.理论分析表明,在关于该光开关结构的一系列设计参数中,拐点静电电压对于弹性扭转梁的厚度最敏感.该光开关的开关寿命超过108次,而其开关时间预计小于2ms.对单片集成制造在该光开关阵列芯片上的两种新型光纤自定位保持结构的力学分析表明,它们具有光纤自固定、自对准的性质.

Fabrication and Electromechanical Characteristics of 2×2 Torsion-Mirror Optical Switch Arrays with Monolithically Integrated Fiber Self-Holding Structures

Novel 2×2 torsion-mirror optical switch arrays are fabricated by using the mixed micromachining based on the surface and bulk silicon microelectronics,then are investigated electromechanically in applied direct and alternating electric fields.When the thickness of the elastic torsion beams suspending the aluminum coated polysilicon micro-mirrors of the switches in the arrays is about 1μm,the electrostatic yielding voltages for driving the mirrors to achieve their ON-state are in the range of 270～290V,and the minimum holding voltages for mirrors ON-state are found as 55V or so.Theoretical analysis manifests that the yielding voltage is more sensitive to beam thickness than other design parameters do about the torsion-mirror switch structures.The lifetime can reach 108 times.The estimated shortest switching time of the switches at least lasts for less than 2ms.The force analysis on the two kinds of new fiber self-holding structures integrated monolithically in the chip of the optical switch arrays indicates that the structures can feature self-fixing and self-aligning of optical fibers.