Schematic representation of the MEMS add-drop filter. (IMAGE)

SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics

Schematic representation of the MEMS add-drop filter.

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Schematic representation of the MEMS add-drop filter. The device is tuned by actuating the vertically movable suspended ring resonator. The extremely compact footprint allows fast operation, and the electrostatic actuation mechanism ensures an extremely low power consumption, which makes this new filter highly energy efficient.

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The Authors, doi 10.1117/1.JOM.2.4.044001.

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