MMI-based MOEMS FT spectrometer for visible and IR spectral ranges

Bassem M. Al-Demerdash; Mostafa Medhat; Yasser M. Sabry; Bassam Saadany; Diaa Khalil

doi:10.1117/12.2038641

7 March 2014 MMI-based MOEMS FT spectrometer for visible and IR spectral ranges

Bassem M. Al-Demerdash, Mostafa Medhat, Yasser M. Sabry, Bassam Saadany, Diaa Khalil

Proceedings Volume 8977, MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XIII; 89770R (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2038641
Event: SPIE MOEMS-MEMS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

MEMS spectrometers have very strong potential in future healthcare and environmental monitoring applications, where Michelson interferometers are the core optical engine. Recently, MEMS Michelson interferometers based on using silicon interface as a beam splitter (BS) has been proposed [7, 8]. This allows having a monolithically-integrated on-chip FTIR spectrometer. However silicon BS exhibits high absorption loss in the visible range and high material dispersion in the near infrared (NIR) range. For this reason, we propose in this work a novel MOEMS interferometer allowing operation over wider spectral range covering both the infrared (IR) and the visible ranges. The proposed architecture is based on spatial splitting and combining of optical beams using the imaging properties of Multi-Mode Interference MMI waveguide. The proposed structure includes an optical splitter for spatial splitting an input beam into two beams and a combiner for spatial combining the two interferometer beams. A MEMS moveable mirror is provided to produce an optical path difference between the two beams. The new interferometer is fabricated using DRIE technology on an SOI wafer. The movable mirror is metalized and attached to a comb-drive actuator fabricated in the same lithography step in a self-aligned manner on chip. The novel interferometer is tested as a Fourier transform spectrometer. Red laser, IR laser and absorption spectra of different materials are measured with a resolution of 2.5 nm at 635-nm wavelength. The structure is a very compact one that allows its integration and fabrication on a large scale with very low cost.

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Bassem M. Al-Demerdash, Mostafa Medhat, Yasser M. Sabry, Bassam Saadany, and Diaa Khalil "MMI-based MOEMS FT spectrometer for visible and IR spectral ranges", Proc. SPIE 8977, MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XIII, 89770R (7 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2038641

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