Video of High-Precision MEMS (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Video of High-Precision MEMS

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This is a video of the high-precision micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) used to control the distance between two beams at different temperatures. The video is taken under a high magnification microscope. The whole video frame dimension is comparable to the diameter of a strand of human hair.

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Raphael St-Gelais, Lipson Nanophotonics Group, Columbia Engineering

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