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硅微型机械是个新兴领域,它正使几乎每一科技领域都变得紧凑。在各种领域中,如化学、汽车、细胞和光通讯工业,硅微型机械正成为许多问题解答的选择。本文介绍什么是微机电系统,它们如何制造以及它们对光波网络系统革命有怎样的潜力。正如光开关、可变吸收体、主动平均器、加/减多路传输器、光交叉互连、增益倾斜平衡器、数据传送器和许多其他元件,正开始在先进光波系统中寻找无所不在的应用。本文将给出这些器件的例子,并描述对这种技术可能有数十亿美元市场中所面临的一些挑战。
Silicon micromachining is an emerging field that is making nearly every area of technology compact. In various fields such as the chemical, automotive, cellular and optical communications industries, silicon micromechanics is becoming the solution to many problems. This article describes what MEMS systems are, how they are made, and how they have the potential to revolutionize the optical network. Just as optical switches, variable absorbers, active averators, add / drop multiplexers, optical cross-connect, gain tilt balancers, data transmitters and many others are beginning to find ubiquitous applications in advanced lightwave systems . This article will give examples of these devices and describe some of the challenges that such a technology may face in the billions of dollars of market.