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Single-Crystal PMN-PT-Laminated Piezoelectric Scanning Micromirror for Laser Beam Scanning Applications
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Sensors Journal IEEE Sensors J. Sensors Journal, IEEE. 23(18):21084-21095 Sep, 2023
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Robotics and Control Systems
Mirrors
Micromechanical devices
Sensors
Connectors
Silicon
Crystals
Optical reflection
Laser beam scanning (LBS)
lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT)
light detection and ranging (LiDAR)
MEMS micromirror
piezoelectric actuation
Language
ISSN
1530-437X
1558-1748
2379-9153
Abstract
A new type of piezoelectric scanning micromirror using single-crystal lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) is presented in this article. The micromirror is designed for one-dimensional (1-D) scanning and has a large aperture with a 5-mm-diameter reflective surface. The micromirror has single-crystal PMN-PT plates directly laminated onto micromachined silicon cantilever structures, and two different device geometries with varying PMN-PT planar dimensions have been designed. Mechanical amplification structures are utilized to achieve a maximum optical scan angle of over 30° at a low driving voltage. Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to optimize the micromirror design, which was then fabricated using deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate and lamination of separately prepared PMN-PT plates. The driving characteristics of the fabricated devices were measured using out-of-phase actuation of the two piezoelectric cantilevers with forward and backward frequency sweeps at various input voltages. An optical scan angle of 31.38° at 3.514 kHz with 4- $\text{V}_{\text {pp}}$ input has been achieved with model A in an ambient environment. The scan angle sensing capability was tested using a single cantilever for actuation and the other for sensing, and a relatively linear relationship was observed between the optical scan angle and the sensor output voltage with a measured average sensitivity of 0.158 $\text{V}_{\text {rms}}$ /°. The uniformity of the PMN-PT lamination process was verified by testing multiple samples. The maximum optical scan angle before device failure was also measured, which was 72° at 34- $\text{V}_{\text {pp}}$ input at 3.843 kHz.