This video shows the surface computed from the raw interferograms. The resulting height is in radians of phase at the interferometer’s laser’s wavelength of 633 nm. The purpose of the poke test is to determine the amount of deformation in the surface for a given applied actuator voltage. The actuator displacement force is electrostatic and [...]
Here we see how an electrical field applied by light can compress material to excite mechanical vibration. We replace metal electrodes with the electrical field that light applies to create a train of virtual electrodes that are almost exactly 250 nm apart. These virtual electrodes act collectivity to excite a mechanical mode, illustrated above, that [...]
From the paper “Serial time-encoded amplified imaging for real-time observation of fast dynamic phenomena,” K. Goda, K. K. Tsia & B. Jalali, Nature 458, 1145-1149(30 April 2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature07980 Real-time movie of the ultrafast microfluidic flow captured by the STEAM camera. The duration, frame period, and shutter speed of the movie are 9.3 μs, 163 ns, [...]
MEMS Deformable Mirrors are used in NASA Adaptive Optics Applications Duration : 0:3:14
DigInfo – http://movie.diginfo.tv Crystal Optics has expanded the application range of its crystal grinding technology to include precision grinding of various optical transmission materials such as metals and ceramics. At the 2008 Nanotech exhibition, Crystal Optics exhibited technology that produces clear, vivid, 3-dimensional optical illusions, using this crystal grinding technology. The illusion works by using [...]
Micromachined MEMS mirrors for wavefront corrected optics Duration : 0:1:44