Bidimensional planar micro-optics for optochemical absorbance sensing

Bidimensional planar micro-optics for optochemical absorbance sensing.

A new approach for developing optochemical absorbance sensors is presented. The method is based on a planar micro-optic circuit in which an optochemically active membrane that responds to selective compounds is deposited in the device, yielding a part of the guiding planar structure. In this way the optical field is confined in the direction transverse to the substrate and controlled in the lat...

Alignment Procedures for Micro-optics

The alignment procedure is an important step in the process chain of the assembly of micro-optical components and has a direct impact on the system performance of the micro-optical system, the necessary assembly time and the manufacturing costs. For these reasons, only alignment procedures that are adapted to the special requirements of each assembly task will be able to save costs and attain t...

1 Tunable Micro - optics

Silicon micro-optics for smart light control

We present an overview of the results of our recent research in the field of adaptive optical components based on silicon microtechnologies, including membrane deformable mirrors, spatial light modulators, liquid-crystal correctors, wavefront sensors, and both spherical and aspherical micro-optical components. We aim at the realization of adaptive optical systems using standard-technology solut...

Sensing System for Micro - and Micro - assembly

Absfract Despite the enormous research efforts in creating new applications with MEMS, the research efforts at the backend such as packaging and assembly are relatively limited. One reason for this is the level of dimculty involved. One fundamental challenge lies in the fact that at micro-scale, micro mechanical structures are fragile and easy to break they typically will break at the micro-New...