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Processes for producing tunable optical cavities

  • US 8,120,782 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2009
  • Issued: 02/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of producing a device that includes a tunable optical cavity structure with a light-transmissive region between first and second inward light-reflection components;

  • the method comprising;

    fabricating the optical cavity structure so that it includes an analyte region that can contain analyte within the light-transmissive region and a tuning structure;

    the tuning structure responding to tuning signals by moving the first and second inward light-reflection components to any of a set of positions relative to each other;

    presence of the analyte in the analyte region affecting the optical cavity'"'"'s output light;

    the act of fabricating the optical cavity structure including;

    wherein fabricating the tuning structure includes;

    forming one or more deformable components connected so that deformation of at least one of the deformable components causes the first and second inward light-reflective components to move within the set of positions;

    at least one of the deformable components bounding in part the analyte region; and

    coupling at least one signal-responsive component to receive the tuning signals and, in response, cause deformation of at least one of the deformable components that bound in part the analyte region.

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