Optical Radiation Cooling and Heating in Integrated Devices (ORCHID)
Abstract
Many Department of Defense (DoD) systems use micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), including compact accelerometers and gyroscopes for inertial navigation and switches for optical communication and data routing. The performance of such devices is limited, in part, by the architecture and geometry of the sensing configuration and by thermal noise both in the device and the signal recovery electronics. Advances in co-integration of micro-optical and MEMS technologies enable new hybrid opto-mechanical architectures for improved performance of MEMS devices. The ORCHID program leveraged recent successes within the field of cavity-opto-mechanics to explore the fundamental physics of opto-mechanical interactions on the micro-scale while driving technological development toward smaller and more robust devices capable of field deployment. It is envisioned that such devices will find broad application across DoD, particularly in the areas of microwave generation, force sensing, and optical communications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 52071758abae87f969370cd9a2a45a3a