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 | Nanotech 2005 Vol. 3
Technical Proceedings of the 2005 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 3
Chapter 8: MEMS/NEMS Design and Applications |
| | Design Optimisation of an Electrostatic MEMS Actuator with Low Spring Constant for an “Atom Chip” | | Authors: | H.A. Rouabah, C.O. Gollasch and M. Kraft | | Affilation: | University of Southampton, UK | | Pages: | 489 - 492 | | Keywords: | MEMS, actuator, electrostatic, suspention, spring constant, modeling | | Abstract: | The advance of MEMS based sensors and microfabrication techniques has facilitated innovative technologies such as so-called ‘atom chips’, where a cloud of ultra cold atoms in a Bose Einstein Condensate (BEC) is controlled and manipulated by magnetic confinement fields. One important part of an atom chip is a three dimensional (3D) electrostatic actuator which allows the precise spatial alignment between an optical fibre and a mirror, forming an optical cavity. This cavity is used to detect the BEC atom cloud. This paper shows how the application of a novel suspension design has led to an improvement in the design and performance of a 3D electrostatic actuator for an atom chip. The design has achieved a lower spring constant in Z direction, and hence a reduced actuation voltage requirement. The analytical model derived has been in a good agreement with the simulated model. | | ISBN: | 0-9767985-2-2 |
| Pages: | 786 |
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