Design of Performance-Enhanced Fabry-Perot Micro-Cavity Structure With a Novel Single Deeply Corrugated Diaphragm

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The silicon micromachining technique has been successfully applied to the fabrication of miniature Fabry-Perot sensors. This kind of sensor detects changes in optical path length induced by either a change in the refractive index or a change in physical length of the cavity. In this paper, a novel single deeply corrugated diaphragm (SDCD) structure has been proposed for Fabry-Perot sensor with improved mechanical sensitivity and signal-averaging effect compared to the conventional flat and shallow corrugated diaphragms.

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Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: 1, Technical Proceedings of the 2003 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 1
Published: February 23, 2003
Pages: 336 - 339
Industry sectors: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing | Sensors, MEMS, Electronics
Topic: MEMS & NEMS Devices, Modeling & Applications
ISBN: 0-9728422-0-9