Light-activated self-generation and parametric amplification for MEMS oscillators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4561, Issue , 2001, Pages 189-200

  Zalalutdinov, M ^a   Zehnder, A T ^a   Olkhovets, A ^a   Turner, S ^a   Sekaric, L ^a   Ilic, B ^a   Czaplewski, D ^a   Parpia, J M ^a   Craighead, H G ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; MEMS; Modulation; MOEMS; Parametric amplification; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0035766314     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.443086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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