Variable-Wavelength Micromachined Fabry-Perot Interferometers

The figure schematically shows a micromachined Fabry-Perot interferometer that, when fully developed, would be part of a two-dimensional array of such interferometers in a flat-panel display device. The interferometers, arrays, and display devices according to this concept would be similar to those described in the preceding article, "Micromachined Interferometric Optoelectronic Display Devices" (NPO-19527). The basic principles of design and operation are the same, but there would be differences in some of the details.