Reducing Brownian motion in an electrostatically tunable MEMS laser

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 732-736

  Huber, Dan ^a   Corredoura, Paul ^a   Lester, Steve ^a   Robbins, Virginia ^a   Kamas, Linda ^a  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; LIGHT EMISSION; MIRRORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BROWNIAN NOISE; LASER NOISE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 7244248969     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2004.836290     Document Type: Article

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