Preface 1 From Optical MEMS to Micromechanical Photonics 1.1 Micromechanical Photonics-An Emerging Technology 1.2 Fabrication Methods 1.2.1 Bulk and Surface Micromachining 1.2.2 Three-Dimensional Micromachining 1.2.3 Monolithic Integration- Micromachining for an LD 1.3 Miniaturized Systems with Microoptics and Micromechanics 1.3.1 Important Aspects for Miniaturization 1.3.2 Light Processing by Micromechanics 1.3.3 Kinetic Energy of Light 1.3.4 Micromechanical Control by Optical Pressure 1.4 Integrated Systems with LDs and Micromechanics 1.4.1 Tunable LD 1.4.2 Resonant Sensor 1.4.3 Optical Encoder 1.4.4 Integrated Flying Optical Head 1.4.5 Blood Flow Sensor 1.5 Future Outlook of Optical MEMS and Micromechanical Photonics 2 Extremely Short-External-Cavity Laser Diode 2.1 Background 2.2 Theoretical Analysis 2.2.1 Lasing Condition of a Solitary LD 2.2.2 Effective Reflectivity 2.2.3 Light Output 2.2.4 Wavelength 2.3 Experimental Analysis 2.3.1 Experimental Setup 2:3.2 Light Output 2.3.3 Wavelength and Spectrum Characteristics 2.4 Applications 2.4.1 Tunable LD 2.4.2 Resonant Sensor 2.4.3 Optically Switched Laser Head 2.5 Designs for Related Problems of an ESEC LD 2.5.1 Enlargement of a Photothermal MC Deflection for a Tunable LD 2.5.2 Reflectivity Design of LD and Disk Medium for an OSL Head 3 Optical Tweezers 3.1 Background 3.2 Theoretical Analysis 3.2.1 Optical Pressure 3.2.2 Optical Trapping Eifficiency 3.2.3 Effect of Beam Waist 3.2.4 Off-axial Trapping by Solitary Optical Fiber 3.3 Experimental Measurement and Comparison 3.3.1 Experimental Setup 3.3.2 Axial Trapping Power 3.3.3 Transverse Trapping Power 3.3.4 Optical Fiber Trapping 3.4 Applications of Optical Tweezers 3.4.1 Basic Research 3.4.2 Industry 4 Optical Rotor 4.1 Background 4.2 Theoretical Analysis I - Optical Torque 4.2.1 Optical Rotor Having a Dissymmetrical Shape(Shuttlecock) on its Side 4.2.2 Optical Rotor with Slopes on the Light Incident Surface 4.2.3 Enhanced Shuttlecock Rotors with Slopes 4.3 Theoretical Analysis II- Fluid Dynamics 4.3.1 Optical Rotor Having a Dissymmetrical Shape on its Side 4.3.2 Optical Rotor with Slopes on the Light Incident Surface 4.3.3 Mixing Performance in a Microchannel 4.4 Fabrication 4.4.1 Potolithography 4.4.2 Microphotoforming 4.5 Evaluation 4.5.1 Visualization of Microflow (Agitation) 4.5.2 Medium Density Pattern Tracking 4.5.3 Velocity Vector and Flux Amount Analyses 4.6 Mixer Application for u-TAS 5 Near Field 5.1 Background 5.2 Theoretical Analysis 5.2.1 FDTD Method 5.2.2 Numerical Examples of Near Field Analysis 5.3 Experimental Analysis 5.3.1 Comparison of Near-Field Probes 5.3.2 Photocantilever Probe 5.3.3 Gold Particle Probe 5.4 Future Applications 5.4.1 Conventional Superresolution 5.4.2 Near-field Recording 5.4.3 Super-RENS Optical Disk 6 Answers, Hints and Solutions References Index