GENERAL APPLICATIONS
Optical MEMS are used in a wide range of every day life applications, but also in space, instrumentation, RF applications and many more...
Their broadest use is in the sensor area. There are optical MEMS sensors to measure vibrations, temperature, light, movement (1,2 and 3 axis), linear and rotational acceleration. They are integrated into ink jet printers, video games, cell phones, alarms, cars, etc.
In the medical field, optical MEMS are used as biosensors, pressure sensors, in studies related to drug delivery and other kinds of physical sensors.
In the automotive industry optical MEMS are integrated in intelligent airbags and used in vibration detection and in many other applications. In telecommunications, optical MEMS are used all along the transmission line. Optical MEMS are also used for the implementation of tunable lasers, tunable filters, optical switches, dynamic gain equalizers, attenuators, etc. as it is shown in the image.
