Use of ALD thin film Bragg mirror stacks in tuneable visible light MEMS Fabry-Perot interferometers

Anna Rissanen; Riikka L. Puurunen

doi:10.1117/12.905084

14 February 2012 Use of ALD thin film Bragg mirror stacks in tuneable visible light MEMS Fabry-Perot interferometers

Anna Rissanen, Riikka L. Puurunen

Proceedings Volume 8249, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics V; 82491A (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.905084
Event: SPIE MOEMS-MEMS, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of ALD thin films as Bragg mirror structure materials in MEMS Fabry-Perot interferometers in the visible spectral range. Utilizing polyimide sacrificial layer in the FPI fabrication process is also presented as an alternative method to allow higher temperature (T= 300 °C) ALD FPI processing. ALD Al₂O₃ and TiO₂ thin films grown at T= 110 °C are optically characterized to determine their performance in the UV - visible range (λ>200nm) and effects of the ALD temperature on the thin film stacks and the FPI process is discussed. Optically simulated 5-layer Bragg mirror stacks consisting of ALD Al₂O₃ and TiO₂ for wavelengths between 420 nm and 1000 nm are presented and corresponding MEMS mirror membrane structures are fabricated at T= 110 °C and tested for their release yield properties. As a result, the applicable wavelength range of the low-temperature ALD FPI technology can be defined.

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Anna Rissanen and Riikka L. Puurunen "Use of ALD thin film Bragg mirror stacks in tuneable visible light MEMS Fabry-Perot interferometers", Proc. SPIE 8249, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics V, 82491A (14 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.905084

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