Integrated monolithic 3D MEMS scanner for switchable real time vertical/horizontal cross-sectional imaging

Opt Express. 2016 Feb 8;24(3):2145-55. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.002145.

Abstract

We present an integrated monolithic, electrostatic 3D MEMS scanner with a compact chip size of 3.2 × 2.9 mm(2). Use of parametric excitation near resonance frequencies produced large optical deflection angles up to ± 27° and ± 28.5° in the X- and Y-axes and displacements up to 510 μm in the Z-axis with low drive voltages at atmospheric pressure. When packaged in a dual axes confocal endomicroscope, horizontal and vertical cross-sectional images can be collected seamlessly in tissue with a large field-of-view of >1 × 1 mm(2) and 1 × 0.41 mm(2), respectively, at 5 frames/sec.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Colon / anatomy & histology
  • Computer Systems*
  • Equipment Design
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Fluorescence
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / instrumentation*
  • Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Static Electricity