摘要:
An optical component is provided. The optical component includes an optical-path portion including an arm-connecting portion and a lower portion, a first arm extending from a first end of the arm-connecting portion, and a second arm extending from a second end of the arm-connecting portion. The first arm has at least one resting feature and the second arm has at least one resting feature. The optical-path portion has an input surface. When the resting features of the first arm and the second arm are positioned on a top surface at short edges of a trench in a trench system, the optical-path portion is vertically aligned in the trench.
摘要:
An optical component is provided. The optical component includes an optical-path portion including an arm-connecting portion and a lower portion, a first arm extending from a first end of the arm-connecting portion, and a second arm extending from a second end of the arm-connecting portion. The first arm has at least one resting feature and the second arm has at least one resting feature. The optical-path portion has an input surface. When the resting features of the first arm and the second arm are positioned on a top surface at short edges of a trench in a trench system, the optical-path portion is vertically aligned in the trench.
摘要:
A fiber optic alignment device on a crystalline substrate support is disclosed. An exemplary embodiment embodied in a resonator fiber optic gyro is fabricated by a process of forming a crystalline substrate support structure operable to support the first end portion of the optical fiber and the second end portion of the optical fiber; forming a first end V-groove portion and a second end V-groove portion in the support structure; physically coupling the first end portion of the optical fiber to the first end V-groove portion; and physically coupling the second end portion of the optical fiber to the second end V-groove portion.
摘要:
A fiber optic alignment device on a crystalline substrate support is disclosed. An exemplary embodiment embodied in a resonator fiber optic gyro is fabricated by a process of forming a crystalline substrate support structure operable to support the first end portion of the optical fiber and the second end portion of the optical fiber; forming a first end V-groove portion and a second end V-groove portion in the support structure; physically coupling the first end portion of the optical fiber to the first end V-groove portion; and physically coupling the second end portion of the optical fiber to the second end V-groove portion.
摘要:
Systems and methods for processing sacrificial layers in MEMS device fabrication are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: applying a patterned layer of Aerogel material onto a substrate to form an Aerogel sacrificial layer; applying at least one non-sacrificial silicon layer over the Aerogel sacrificial layer, wherein the non-sacrificial silicon layer is coupled to the substrate through one or more gaps provided in the patterned layer of Aerogel material; and removing the Aerogel sacrificial layer by exposing the Aerogel sacrificial layer to a removal liquid.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for providing isolation between components in microfabricated devices is provided. In one embodiment, a microfabricated device comprises: a base layer; a microfabricated component; and a non-sacrificial aerogel layer in contact with the microfabricated component and supporting the microfabricated thermal component on the base layer. The non-sacrificial aerogel layer is positioned to provide at least one of thermal, electrical or acoustic isolation between the microfabricated thermal component and the base layer.
摘要:
A MEMS device includes a P-N device formed on a silicon pin, which is connected to a silicon sub-assembly, and where the P-N device is formed on a silicon substrate that is used to make the silicon pin before it is embedded into a first glass wafer. In one embodiment, forming the P-N device includes selectively diffusing an impurity into the silicon pin and configuring the P-N device to operate as a temperature sensor.
摘要:
An Optical bench communicates light through free space in a plurality of trenches formed in the bench, each of the trenches formed by deep ion reactive etching and defined by two opposing side walls, such that the free space is between the opposing side walls. An exemplary embodiment has a first trench operable to receive the beam of light and operable to communicate the beam of light through the free space in the first trench; an angled reflection side wall operable to receive the beam of light routed through the first trench and operable to reflect at least a portion of the beam of light; and a second trench operable to receive the portion of the beam of light reflected from the angled reflection side wall and operable to route the portion of the beam of light through the free space in the second trench.
摘要:
An improved resonator fiber-optic gyro (RFOG). An example RFOG includes a closed-coil resonator where counter-propagating laser beams are done by fiber couplers. Signals are extracted from the ring resonator using other fiber couplers. The fiber couplers may be fiber spliced couplers, free-space fiber-to-fiber coupling elements or comparable coupling devices. A silicon structure may be used to align components of the gyro or just the coupling elements. The resonator includes a hollow-core fiber.
摘要:
A vertically integrated magnetic memory with Hall effect sensing or reading. It has a ferromagnetic structure with a nearly enclosed magnetic path, which is a vertical structure integrated on a chip. Each memory cell has a closed magnetic field that has high strength for a strong Hall effect. The magnet is a closed loop, robust reproducible magnet. A memory array of such cells uses little power in that only few cells need to draw the read current for a short time required to read the information. A silicon or GaAs chip implementation of the memory is one embodiment, among others, wherein the field required to saturate the electrons can be achieved without excessive power.