Beam shaping with tip-tilt varifocal mirror for indoor optical wireless communication

被引：13

作者：

Pollock, Corey ^{[1
]}

Morrison, Jessica ^{[2
]}

Imboden, Matthias ^{[3
]}

Little, Thomas D. C. ^{[2
]}

Bishop, D. J. ^{[1
,2
,4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Boston Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[2] Boston Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[3] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Neuchatel, Switzerland

[4] Boston Univ, Div Mat Sci & Engn, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[5] Boston Univ, Dept Phys, 590 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2017年 / 25卷 / 17期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

MICROMIRROR; TRACKING; DISPLAY; CAPABILITY; DESIGN; SYSTEM; FOCUS;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.25.020274

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

MEMS mirrors are currently used in many applications to steer beams of light. An area of continued research is developing mirrors with varifocal capability that allows the beam to be shaped and focused. In this work, we study the varifocal capability of a 380 mu m diameter, thermally actuated MEMS mirror with a +/- 40 degrees tip-tilt angle and a radius of curvature between -0.48 mm to 20.5 mm. Light is coupled to the mirror via a single mode optical fiber, similar to an indoor optical wireless communication architecture. The performance of the mirror is characterized with respect to (1) the profile of the reflected beam as the mirror deforms and (2) the mirror's impact when integrated into an optical communication system. We found that the mirror can focus light to a beam with a 0.18 degrees half-angle divergence. Additionally, the ability to change the shape of fiberized light from a wide to narrow beam provides an unmatched level of dynamic control and significantly improves the bit error rate in an optical communication system. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：20274 / 20285

页数：12