Patent Publication Number: US-8970957-B2

Title: Tunable interference filter, optical module, and electronic device

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     1. Technical Field 
     The present invention relates to a tunable interference filter which selects light at a desired objective wavelength from incident light to emit the selected light, an optical module including the tunable interference filter, and an electronic device including the optical module. 
     2. Related Art 
     In the related art, a tunable interference filter has been known in which multiple interference of light is caused between a pair of reflection films to emit light at a desired wavelength (for example, refer to JP-A-2008-76749 (Patent Document 1)). 
     An optical filter device (tunable interference filter) disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a first substrate and a second substrate arranged to face each other, an optical reflection film disposed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and a mirror layer disposed on a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate. 
     In the first substrate, an oxide film is formed along the circumference of the surface of the first substrate, and the optical reflection film is formed on a diaphragm supported by the oxide film. That is, a gap is formed between the first substrate and the diaphragm. An electrode is disposed on each of the surfaces of the first substrate and the diaphragm. When a voltage is applied between the electrodes, the diaphragm deflects to the side of the first substrate due to electrostatic attraction, so that a gap dimension between the optical reflection film and the mirror layer changes. Thus, by controlling the voltage between the electrodes, the tunable interference filter can extract light at a wavelength corresponding to the gap dimension between the mirrors from incident light. 
     In such a tunable interference filter that is disclosed in Patent Document 1, an electrode is disposed on a diaphragm. As the electrode, a film-like electrode is generally used. When such an electrode is deposited, an internal stress acts in the plane direction (direction along a substrate surface of the diaphragm) of the film. The direction or size of the internal stress is determined by a depositing method, a film material, and the like. When the internal stress acts in a direction toward the central portion of the film, the internal stress is a compressive stress. When the internal stress acts from the central portion of the film of the electrode to the outside, the internal stress is a tensile stress. Here, when a compressive stress acts on the electrode formed on the diaphragm, the diaphragm deflects toward the first substrate. When a tensile stress acts on the electrode formed on the diaphragm, the diaphragm deflects in a direction away from the first substrate. 
     When the diaphragm deflects due to the internal stress of the electrode in this manner, the optical reflection film also deflects according to the deflection of the diaphragm. Therefore, in an initial state where a driving voltage is not applied between the electrodes, it is sometimes impossible to maintain parallelism between the optical reflection film and the mirror layer, causing a problem that the resolution of the tunable interference filter is reduced. 
     SUMMARY 
     An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to provide a tunable interference filter in which the deflection caused in a substrate is reduced, an optical module, and an electronic device. 
     An aspect of the invention is directed to a tunable interference filter including: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a first reflection film disposed on a surface of the first substrate, the surface facing the second substrate; a second reflection film disposed on a surface of the second substrate and facing the first reflection film via a gap, the surface facing the first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the surface of the first substrate, the surface facing the second substrate; a second electrode disposed on the surface of the second substrate and facing the first electrode via a gap, the surface facing the first substrate; and an insulating film stacked on the first electrode, wherein a direction of an internal stress of the first electrode relative to a plane direction along a substrate surface of the first substrate is opposite to a direction of an internal stress of the insulating film relative to the plane direction. 
     In the aspect of the invention, the direction of the internal stress of the first electrode disposed on the first substrate is opposite to the direction of the internal stress of the insulating film stacked on the first electrode. Therefore, the internal stresses of them can be cancelled out each other. 
     Specifically, on the first substrate, force deflecting the first substrate to the side of the second substrate acts by a compressive stress of the first electrode, and force deflecting the first substrate to the side away from the second substrate acts by a tensile stress of the insulating film. Accordingly, since the respective forces act in the opposite directions, the forces cancel out each other to reduce the forces deflecting the first substrate. Thus, since the deflection of the first substrate is reduced, the deflection of the first reflection film disposed on the first substrate can also be reduced. Therefore, the accuracy of parallelism between the first reflection film and the second reflection film is improved, making it possible to improve the resolution of the tunable interference filter. 
     When the tunable interference filter is manufactured, the dimension of the gap between the first reflection film and the second reflection film is set to a set value (initial gap dimension) in an initial state where a driving voltage is not applied between the first electrode and the second electrode. In this case, when the first substrate is deflected, there is a problem that the gap dimension cannot be precisely set to the initial gap dimension. In contrast, since the deflection of the first substrate is reduced in the aspect of the invention, the gap between the first reflection film and the second reflection film can be accurately adjusted to the initial gap dimension. 
     In the tunable interference filter according to the aspect of the invention, it is preferable that the absolute value of the product of the internal stress, film thickness dimension, and area of the first electrode is the same as that of the product of the internal stress, film thickness dimension, and area of the insulating film. 
     Force exerted on the substrate by the internal stress of the film formed on the substrate is proportional to the product of the magnitude of the internal stress of the film, the film thickness dimension, and the area of the film. 
     When the absolute value of the product of the magnitude of compressive stress, film thickness dimension, and area of the first electrode is the same as that of the product of the magnitude of tensile stress, film thickness dimension, and area of the insulating film, the force exerted on the first substrate by the first electrode is balanced by the force exerted on the first substrate by the insulating film. Therefore, the deflection of the first substrate due to the internal stress of the first electrode is prevented. Thus, the first reflection film and the second reflection film are maintained parallel, making it possible to further improve the resolution of the tunable interference filter. 
     In the tunable interference filter according to the aspect of the invention, it is preferable that the insulating film is a film made of a high-k material. 
     Generally, a high-k material has a high relative dielectric constant and excellent dielectric strength. Because of the high relative dielectric constant, the electrostatic attractive force acting between the first electrode and the second electrode can be improved. In this manner, both the electrostatic attractive force and the dielectric strength can be improved. 
     In the tunable interference filter according to the aspect of the invention, it is preferable that the insulating film is formed of a plurality of layers. 
     In the aspect of the invention, since an insulating film can be formed of a plurality of layers having different characteristics, an insulating film more excellent in performance can be formed. For example, even in examples of the high-k material described above, some high-k materials have somewhat low dielectric strength although they have a high relative dielectric constant, depending on the kinds of the high-k material. Accordingly, by stacking a film made of such a material and a film made of a material having excellent dielectric strength, both the electrostatic attractive force and the dielectric strength can be made excellent. A SiO 2  film generally used as an insulating film has excellent dielectric strength and is inexpensive. Therefore, the SiO 2  film may be stacked on a film made of a high-k material having a high relative dielectric constant. By changing the combination of layers in this manner, the performance of an insulating film can be adjusted. 
     Another aspect of the invention is directed to an optical module including: the tunable interference filter described above and a detecting section which detects light transmitted through the tunable interference filter. 
     In the aspect of the invention, the deflection of the first substrate or the first reflection film due to the internal stress of the first electrode is reduced in the tunable interference filter as described above. Therefore, the accuracy of parallelism between the first reflection film and the second reflection film is improved, so that a high resolution can be realized. Accordingly, in the optical module including such a tunable interference filter, it is possible to receive, with the detecting section, light at a desired wavelength extracted with a high resolution, so that the amount of the light at a desired wavelength can be precisely detected. 
     Still another aspect of the invention is directed to an electronic device including the optical module described above. 
     Examples of the electronic device can include a light measuring instrument which analyzes the chromaticity, brightness, or the like of light incident on the interference filter based on the amount of light detected by the optical module described above, a gas detecting device which detects the absorption wavelength of gas to examine the kind of the gas, and an optical communication device which acquires, from received light, data included in the light at the wavelength. 
     In the aspect of the invention, since the amount of light at a desired wavelength can be precisely detected by the optical module as described above, the electronic device can precisely carry out a photoanalysis process based on such precise data. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numbers reference like elements. 
         FIG. 1  shows a schematic configuration of a colorimetric device of a first embodiment according to the invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of an etalon as a tunable interference filter of the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the etalon of the first embodiment. 
         FIGS. 4A to 4E  show the manufacturing process of a fixed substrate of the etalon of the first embodiment. 
         FIGS. 5A to 5G  show the manufacturing process of a movable substrate of the etalon of the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 6  is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of an etalon of a second embodiment according to the invention. 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic view showing a gas detecting device as an example of an electronic device of another embodiment according to the invention. 
         FIG. 8  is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the gas detecting device. 
         FIG. 9  is a schematic view showing a food analyzing device as an example of an electronic device of still another embodiment according to the invention. 
         FIG. 10  is a schematic view showing a spectral camera as an example of an electronic device of further another embodiment according to the invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS 
     First Embodiment 
     Hereinafter, a first embodiment according to the invention will be described based on the drawings. 
     1. Overall Configuration of Colorimetric Device 
       FIG. 1  shows a schematic configuration of a colorimetric device (electronic device) of the embodiment according to the invention. 
     The colorimetric device  1  is an electronic device according to the invention. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the colorimetric device  1  includes a light source device  2  which emits light to a test object A, a colorimetric sensor  3  as an optical module according to the invention, and a control device  4  which controls overall operation of the colorimetric device  1 . The colorimetric device  1  causes light emitted from the light source device  2  to be reflected by the test object A, receives the reflected test object light with the colorimetric sensor  3 , and analyzes, based on a detection signal output from the colorimetric sensor  3 , the chromaticity of the test object light, that is, the color of the test object A to measure the color. 
     2. Configuration of Light Source Device 
     The light source device  2 , which includes a light source  21  and a plurality of lenses  22  (only one lens is illustrated in  FIG. 1 ), emits white light toward the test object A. The plurality of lenses  22  may include a collimator lens. In this case, the light source device  2  makes the white light emitted from the light source  21  parallel light with the collimator lens and emits the parallel light from a projection lens (not shown) toward the test object A. 
     In the embodiment, the colorimetric device  1  including the light source device  2  is exemplified. However, for example, when the test object A is a light emitting member such as a liquid crystal panel, the colorimetric device  1  may not be provided with the light source device  2 . 
     3. Configuration of Colorimetric Sensor 
     The colorimetric sensor  3  constitutes the optical module according to the invention. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the colorimetric sensor  3  includes an etalon  5  which constitutes a tunable interference filter according to the invention, a detecting section  31  which receives and detects light transmitting through the etalon  5 , and a voltage control section  6  which varies the wavelength of the light to be transmitted through the etalon  5 . Moreover, the colorimetric sensor  3  includes, at a position facing the etalon  5 , an incident optical lens (not shown) which introduces the reflected light (test object light) reflected by the test object A to the inside of the colorimetric sensor. The calorimetric sensor  3  disperses, with the etalon  5 , only a light at a predetermined wavelength of the test object light incident from the incident optical lens and receives the dispersed light with the detecting section  31 . 
     The detecting section  31  is composed of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and generates an electric signal corresponding to the amount of light received. The detecting section  31  is connected to the control device  4  and outputs, as a light receiving signal, the generated electric signal to the control device  4 . 
     3-1. Configuration of Etalon 
       FIG. 2  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of the etalon  5  constituting the tunable interference filter according to the invention.  FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the etalon  5 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the etalon  5  is a square planar plate-shaped optical member with a side of, for example, 10 mm. As shown in  FIG. 3 , the etalon  5  includes a fixed substrate  51  as a second substrate according to the invention and a movable substrate  52  as a first substrate according to the invention. These two substrates  51  and  52  are each formed of any of various types of glass such as, for example, soda glass, crystalline glass, silica glass, lead glass, potassium glass, borosilicate glass, or alkali-free glass, quartz, or the like. These two substrates  51  and  52  are bonded together at bonding portions  513  and  523  described later by, for example, room-temperature surface activated bonding, siloxane bonding using a plasma-polymerized film, or the like, thereby being configured integrally. 
     A fixed reflection film  56  constituting a second reflection film according to the invention is disposed on the fixed substrate  51 , and a movable reflection film  57  constituting a first reflection film according to the invention is disposed on the movable substrate  52 . The fixed reflection film  56  is fixed to a surface of the fixed substrate  51  facing the movable substrate  52 , and the movable reflection film  57  is fixed to a surface of the movable substrate  52  facing the fixed substrate  51 . Moreover, the fixed reflection film  56  and the movable reflection film  57  are arranged to face each other via a gap. 
     Further, an electrostatic actuator  54  for controlling the dimension of the gap between the fixed reflection film  56  and the movable reflection film  57  is disposed between the fixed substrate  51  and the movable substrate  52 . The electrostatic actuator  54  includes a fixed electrode  541 , as a second electrode according to the invention, disposed on the side of the fixed substrate  51  and a movable electrode  542 , as a first electrode according to the invention, disposed on the side of the movable substrate  52 . 
     3-1-1. Configuration of Fixed Substrate 
     The fixed substrate  51  is formed by processing a glass base material formed to a thickness of, for example, 500 μm. Specifically, as shown in  FIG. 3 , an electrode forming groove  511  and a reflection film fixing portion  512  are formed by etching in the fixed substrate  51 . The fixed substrate  51  is formed to have a great thickness dimension relative to the movable substrate  52 , and the deflection of the fixed substrate  51  is not caused by electrostatic attraction when a voltage is applied between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542 , or the internal stress of the fixed electrode  541 . 
     The electrode forming groove  511  is formed to have an annular shape centered at the central point of the plane in a plan view (hereinafter referred to as “etalon plan view”) viewed in a thickness direction of the etalon  5  as shown in  FIG. 2 . The reflection film fixing portion  512  is formed to protrude, in the plan view, from the central portion of the electrode forming groove  511  to the side of the movable substrate  52 . 
     Moreover, an extraction forming groove extending from the electrode forming groove  511  toward an apical direction (for example, the lower right direction in  FIG. 2 ) of the circumferential edge of the fixed substrate  51  is disposed in the fixed substrate  51 . 
     On an electrode forming surface  511 A as a groove bottom portion of the electrode forming groove  511  of the fixed substrate  51 , the fixed electrode  541  having a ring shape is formed. The material of the fixed electrode  541  is not particularly limited as long as the material has conductivity and electrostatic attraction can be generated between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  by applying a voltage between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  of the movable substrate  52  described later. In the embodiment, however, an ITO film is used. 
     Moreover, a fixed extraction electrode  541 A extending from the circumferential edge of the fixed electrode  541  along the extraction forming groove (the lower right direction in  FIG. 2 ) is disposed. A fixed electrode pad  541 B is formed at the tip of the fixed extraction electrode  541 A. The fixed electrode pad  541 B is connected to the voltage control section  6 . The fixed extraction electrode  541 A is formed at the same time when the fixed electrode  541  is deposited, and composed of an ITO film similarly to the fixed electrode  541 . 
     On the fixed electrode  541 , a fixed insulating film  543  for preventing discharge between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  is stacked. The fixed insulating film  543  is composed of, for example, an insulating member such as SiO 2  and covers a surface of the fixed electrode  541  facing the movable substrate  52 . The film thickness dimension of the fixed insulating film  543  is not particularly limited, and it is sufficient that the dimension is set according to a required dielectric strength. 
     As described above, the reflection film fixing portion  512  is formed coaxially with the electrode forming groove  511  so as to have a cylindrical shape with a diameter dimension smaller than that of the electrode forming groove  511 . In the embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 3 , an example is shown in which a reflection film fixing surface  512 A of the reflection film fixing portion  512  facing the movable substrate  52  is formed nearer to the movable substrate  52  than the electrode forming surface  511 A. However, the invention is not limited to this. The height positions of the electrode forming surface  511 A and the reflection film fixing surface  512 A are appropriately set depending on the dimension of the gap between the fixed reflection film  56  fixed to the reflection film fixing surface  512 A and the movable reflection film  57  formed on the movable substrate  52 , the dimension between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542 , described later, disposed on the movable substrate  52 , and the thickness dimension of the fixed reflection film  56  or the movable reflection film  57 . For example, when a dielectric multilayer film is used as each of the reflection films  56  and  57  and its thickness dimension is increased, the electrode forming surface  511 A and the reflection film fixing surface  512 A may be formed to be flush with each other. Alternatively, a configuration may be adopted in which a reflection film fixing groove having a cylindrical recess-groove shape is formed at the central portion of the electrode forming surface  511 A and the reflection film fixing surface  512 A is formed on a bottom surface of the reflection film fixing groove. 
     However, electrostatic attraction acting between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542 . Accordingly, the more the distance between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  decreases, the more the electrostatic attraction relative to an applied voltage increases. Therefore, the variation of the gap is also increased. Especially when the gap has a tiny variable dimension (for example, 250 nm to 450 nm) like the etalon  5  of the embodiment, it is hard to control the gap. Accordingly, even when the reflection film fixing groove is formed as described above, it is preferable to secure the depth dimension of the electrode forming groove  511  to some extent. In the embodiment, it is preferable to form the electrode forming groove  511  with a depth dimension of 1 μm, for example. 
     It is preferable for the reflection film fixing surface  512 A of the reflection film fixing portion  512  to design its groove depth also in consideration of a wavelength range of light to be transmitted through the etalon  5 . For example, when it is so set that an initial value (dimension of the gap in a state where a voltage is not applied between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542 ) of the gap between the fixed reflection film  56  and the movable reflection film  57  is 450 nm, and that the movable reflection film  57  can be displaced by applying a voltage between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  until the gap is 250 nm for example, it is sufficient that the film thicknesses of the fixed reflection film  56  and the movable reflection film  57  and the height dimension of the reflection film fixing surface  512 A or the electrode forming surface  511 A are set to values with which the gap G can be displaced between 250 nm and 450 nm. 
     To the reflection film fixing surface  512 A, the fixed reflection film  56  formed to have a circular shape is fixed. The fixed reflection film  56  may be formed of a metal single-layer film or a dielectric multilayer film. Further, the fixed reflection film  56  may have a configuration in which an Ag alloy is formed on a dielectric multilayer film. As a metal single-layer film, an Ag-alloy single-layer film, for example, can be used. In the case of a dielectric multilayer film, a dielectric multilayer film having, for example, TiO 2  as a high refractive layer and SiO 2  as a low refractive layer can be used. Here, when the fixed reflection film  56  is formed of a metal single layer such as an Ag-alloy single layer, a reflection film which can cover the entire range of visible light as a wavelength range which can be dispersed by the etalon  5  can be formed. Moreover, when the fixed reflection film  56  is formed of a dielectric multilayer film, the wavelength range which can be dispersed by the etalon  5  is narrower than that of an Ag alloy single-layer film, but the transmittance of the dispersed light is high and in addition, the full width half maximum of the transmittance is narrow, whereby a favorable resolution can be provided. 
     Further, the fixed substrate  51  has, on a lower surface on the side opposite to the upper surface facing the movable substrate  52 , an antireflection film (AR) (not shown) formed at a position corresponding to the fixed reflection film  56 . The antireflection film is formed by alternately stacking a low refractive index film and a high refractive index film. The antireflection film lowers the reflectance of visible light on the surface of the fixed substrate  51  and increases the transmittance. 
     3-1-2. Configuration of Movable Substrate 
     The movable substrate  52  is formed by processing a glass base material formed to a thickness of, for example, 200 μm using an etching process. 
     Specifically, the movable substrate  52  includes a movable portion  521  having a circular shape centered at the central point of the substrate in the plan view shown in  FIG. 2 , and a holding portion  522  formed coaxially with the movable portion  521  and holding the movable portion  521 . 
     The movable portion  521  is formed to have a thickness dimension larger than that of the holding portion  522  and formed to have a thickness dimension of, for example, 200 μm which is the same thickness dimension as that of the movable substrate in the embodiment. Moreover, the movable portion  521  includes a movable surface  521 A parallel to the reflection film fixing portion  512 . To the movable surface  521 A, the movable reflection film  57  facing the fixed reflection film  56  via the gap is fixed. 
     For the movable reflection film  57 , a reflection film having the same configuration as that of the fixed reflection film  56  described above is used. 
     Further, the movable portion  521  has, on an upper surface on the side opposite to the movable surface  521 A, an antireflection film (AR) (not shown) formed at a position corresponding to the movable reflection film  57 . The antireflection film has a configuration similar to that of the antireflection film formed for the fixed substrate  51  and is formed by alternately stacking a low refractive index film and a high refractive index film. 
     The holding portion  522  is a diaphragm surrounding the periphery of the movable portion  521 . The holding portion  522  is formed to have, for example, a thickness dimension of 50 μm, and its rigidity relative to the thickness direction is smaller than that of the movable portion  521 . Therefore, the holding portion  522  is more likely to deflect than the movable portion  521 , so that the holding portion  522  can be deflected to the side of the fixed substrate  51  by slight electrostatic attraction. In this case, since the movable portion  521  has a thickness dimension larger than that of the holding portion  522  and therefore has larger rigidity, the movable portion  521  does not substantially deflect even when force deflecting the movable substrate  52  acts due to electrostatic attraction, and the deflection of the movable reflection film  57  formed on the movable portion  521  can also be prevented. 
     On a surface of the holding portion  522  facing the fixed substrate  51 , the movable electrode  542  having a ring shape and facing the fixed electrode  541  via a gap of about 1 μm is formed. A movable insulating film  544  is stacked on the movable electrode  542  on the side of the fixed electrode  541 . 
     The movable electrode  542  has a compressive stress in which the direction of the internal stress acting along a plane direction is a compression direction from the circumferential edge of the movable electrode  542  toward the central portion. The movable insulating film  544  has a tensile stress in which the direction of the internal stress is a tensile direction from the central portion of the film toward the circumferential edge of the movable insulating film  544 . 
     More specifically, the movable electrode  542  is a film formed by sputter depositing a metal oxide film. For example, in the embodiment, the movable electrode  542  is formed of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) with a thickness dimension of 0.1 μm. When an ITO film is deposited by sputtering, the film stress is about 300-500 MPa. The movable electrode  542  composed of such a metal oxide has favorable adhesion to the movable substrate  52  formed of glass, so that the peeling off between the movable substrate  52  and the movable electrode  542  can be prevented. Moreover, a film formed of a metal oxide is a film having a compressive stress in a state of not being subjected to the post-treatment when the film is deposited by sputtering for example. 
     Examples of other metal oxide films exhibiting a compressive stress when the film is deposited by sputtering include, for example, IZO, ICO, IGO, IXO, and IWO. Further, the movable electrode  542  is not limited to a metal oxide, but DLC provided with conductivity, for example, may be used. 
     The movable insulating film  544  is a film formed of a high-k material having a high relative dielectric constant of 7.8 or more, such as Al 2 O 3 , by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method. The movable insulating film  544  covers a surface of the movable electrode  542  facing the fixed substrate  51 . Examples of a high-k material having a tensile stress includes, for example, SiON, Al 2 O 3 , Ta 2 O 5 , HfSiN, HfSiON, HfO x , and HfAlO x . The movable insulating film.  544  may be formed of a single layer of any of the materials described above, or may be formed of a plurality of layers. In the embodiment, a single layer of HfAlO x  with a thickness of 0.1 μm is formed as the movable insulating film  544 . 
     Here, when the internal stress of the movable electrode  542  deposited on the movable substrate  52  is σ 1 , the film thickness dimension of the movable electrode is t 1 , the area of the film of the movable electrode is S 1 , the internal stress of the movable insulating film  544  is σ 2 , the film thickness dimension of the movable insulating film is t 2 , and the area of the film of the movable insulating film is S 2 , force (bending moment) F of the movable electrode  542  causing the movable substrate  52  to deflect is represented by the following expression (1).
 
 F ∝(σ 1   ×t   1   ×S   1 )+(σ 2   ×t   2   ×S   2 )  (1)
 
     In the expression (1), when the force F is “0”, the deflection of the movable substrate  52  due to the internal stress of the movable electrode  542  can be prevented. Here, the internal stress σ 1  is a positive value because the internal stress of the movable electrode  542  is a compressive stress, while the internal stress σ 2  is a negative value because the internal stress of the movable insulating film.  544  is a tensile stress. Accordingly, when F=0, the following expression (2) is established.
 
|σ 1   ×t   1   ×S   1 |=|σ 2   ×t   2   ×S   2 |  (2)
 
     In the embodiment, the movable electrode  542  and the movable insulating film  544  satisfy the relation of the expression (2). Thus, the deflection of the movable substrate  52  due to the internal stress of the movable electrode  542  is prevented. 
     Here, characteristics obtained by forming insulating films using Al 2 O 3 , HfO 2 , and HfAlO x  as high-k materials on an ITO film by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method and characteristics of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) used generally as an insulating film are shown in Table 1 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
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                 Dielectric 
                   
               
               
                 Insulating 
                 Dielectric 
                 Strength 
                 Film Stress 
               
               
                 Film 
                 Constant 
                 (MV/cm) 
                 (MPa) 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Al 2 O 3   
                 7.8-8.0 
                 6 
                 100-400 tensile (at time of 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 a film thickness of 0.05 μm) 
               
               
                 HfO 2   
                 18.0-24.0 
                 4 
                 100-400 tensile (at time of 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 a film thickness of 0.05 μm) 
               
               
                 HfAlO x   
                 11 
                 8 
                 300-400 tensile (at time of 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 a film thickness of 0.05 μm) 
               
               
                 SiO 2   
                 3.8 
                 8 
                 100-150 compressive (at time 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 of a film thickness of 0.1 μm) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     When SiO 2  is used as an insulating film, the diaphragm is further deflected because the film stress is a compressive stress and therefore combined with the compressive stress of the movable electrode  542 , so that the accuracy of the gap between the reflection films is worsened. Moreover, while the insulating film has excellent dielectric strength, the relative dielectric constant is low, thereby weakening electrostatic attractive force. 
     On the other hand, since Al 2 O 3 , HfO 2 , and HfAlO x  as high-k materials each have a high relative dielectric constant and excellent dielectric strength, it is possible to achieve compatibility between the dielectric strength and the electrostatic attractive force. Moreover, since the film stress is a tensile stress, the film stress (300-500 MPa) of the movable electrode  542  formed of an ITO film can be cancelled out, so that the deflection of the diaphragm can be prevented. 
     The movable insulating film  544  may be a single layer or a plurality of layers. The layer can be optionally selected or combined according to the deflection amount of the diaphragm, dielectric strength, and electrostatic attractive force. For example, by forming as the movable electrode  542  an ITO film to a thickness of 0.1 μm, then forming a SiO 2  film to a thickness of 0.05 μm, and further forming a HfO 2  film to a thickness of 0.05 μm, the stress can be cancelled out. Moreover, by stacking a SiO 2  film having high dielectric strength and a HfO 2  film having a high relative dielectric constant, the movable insulating film  544  excellent in dielectric strength and electrostatic attractive force can be provided. An Al 2 O 3  film or a HfAlO x  film may be stacked instead of a HfO 2  film. 
     A movable extraction electrode  542 A is formed from a part of the circumferential edge of the movable electrode  542  toward the circumferential direction. Specifically, the movable extraction electrode  542 A is disposed to extend, in the etalon plan view, in a direction opposite to the extraction forming groove formed in the fixed substrate  51 . The movable extraction electrode  542 A has a movable electrode pad  542 B formed at the tip. The movable electrode pad  542 B is connected to the voltage control section  6 . 
     The movable extraction electrode  542 A is formed at the same time when the movable electrode  542  is deposited, and has a configuration similar to that of the movable electrode  542 . Since the movable extraction electrode  542 A is deposited on the movable substrate  52  at a portion having a thickness dimension equal to that of the movable portion  521 , even when force deflecting the movable substrate  52  acts due to electrostatic attraction, the portion at which the movable extraction electrode  542 A is deposited is not deflected. 
     3-2. Configuration of Voltage Control Section 
     The voltage control section  6  controls, based on a control signal input from the control device  4 , a voltage to be applied to the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  of the electrostatic actuator  54 . 
     4. Configuration of Control Device 
     The control device  4  controls overall operation of the colorimetric device  1 . 
     As the control device  4 , for example, a general-purpose personal computer, a personal digital assistant, a computer dedicated to colorimetry, or the like can be used. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the control device  4  is configured to include a light source control section  41 , a colorimetric sensor control section  42 , and a colorimetric processing section  43 . 
     The light source control section  41  is connected to the light source device  2 . The light source control section  41  outputs, for example based on a setting input by a user, a predetermined control signal to the light source device  2  to cause the light source device  2  to emit white light having predetermined brightness. 
     The colorimetric sensor control section  42  is connected to the colorimetric sensor  3 . The colorimetric sensor control section  42  sets, for example based on a setting input by a user, the wavelength of light to be received by the colorimetric sensor  3  and outputs to the colorimetric sensor  3  a control signal indicating that the amount of the received light at the wavelength should be detected. Thus, the voltage control section  6  of the colorimetric sensor  3  sets, based on the control signal, a voltage to be applied to the electrostatic actuator  54  so as to allow only light at a wavelength desired by a user to transmit. 
     The colorimetric processing section  43  analyzes the chromaticity of the test object A based on the amount of received light detected by the detecting section  31 . 
     5. Method for Manufacturing Etalon 
     Next, a method for manufacturing the etalon  5  will be described based on the drawings. 
     5-1. Manufacture of Fixed Substrate 
     First, a silica glass substrate with a thickness dimension of 500 μm, as a raw material for manufacturing the fixed substrate  51 , is prepared, and the silica glass substrate is finely polished on both surfaces until the surface roughness Ra is 1 nm or less. A resist for forming the electrode forming groove  511  is applied to the surface of the fixed substrate  51  facing the movable substrate  52 , and the applied resist is exposed and developed by a photolithographic method to pattern a portion at which the electrode forming groove  511  is formed. The fixed substrate  51  is etched by wet etching to the depth dimension (for example, 1 μm) of the reflection film fixing surface  512 A. A resist is formed on the reflection film fixing surface  512 A, and further, an etching process (for example, 0.5 μm) is performed, so that the electrode forming groove  511  is formed as shown in  FIG. 4A . 
     Next, an ITO film is deposited by sputtering so as to have a thickness dimension of 0.1 μm on the entire surface of the fixed substrate  51  on the side facing the movable substrate  52 . A resist is applied onto the ITO film, and pattern formation is performed by a photolithographic method and etching. Thus, the fixed electrode  541 , the fixed extraction electrode  541 A, and the fixed electrode pad  541 B are formed. 
     A metal mask or a silicon mask only exposing the fixed electrode  541  is aligned with and bonded to a surface of the fixed electrode  541  on the side of the movable substrate  52 , the fixed insulating film  543  is deposited by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method, and the mask is removed. As the fixed insulating film  543 , a high-k material is used as described above. Thus, as shown in  FIG. 4B , the fixed insulating film  543  is formed on the surface of the fixed electrode  541  on the side of the movable substrate  52 . 
     Next, the fixed reflection film  56  is deposited by sputtering or an evaporation method on the entire surface of the fixed substrate  51  on the side facing the movable substrate  52 , a resist having a pattern covering only a region at which the fixed reflection film  56  is formed is formed on the reflection film fixing surface  512 A, and pattern formation is performed by etching. Further, by removing the resist, the fixed reflection film  56  is formed on the reflection film fixing surface  512 A as shown in  FIG. 4C . 
     Thereafter, a metal mask or a silicon mask only exposing a region at which the bonding portion  513  is formed is aligned with the fixed substrate  51  and bonded to the fixed substrate  51 , a plasma-polymerized film using polyorganosiloxane is deposited by a plasma CVD method so as to have a thickness dimension of 100 nm, and the mask is removed. Through the process described above, the bonding portion  513  is formed as shown in  FIG. 4D . 
     Then, a notch portion for taking out an electrode is formed by a sandblast method or a cutting method. Through the process described above, the fixed substrate  51  shown in  FIG. 4E  is formed. 
     5-2. Manufacture of Movable Substrate 
     In the formation of the movable substrate  52 , deposition conditions of the movable electrode  542  and the movable insulating film  544  are previously set, and internal stresses obtained when the films are deposited under the deposition conditions are measured. For example, in the embodiment, the movable electrode  542  is deposited by sputtering. In this case, the deposition conditions of the movable electrode  542  are set, for example, as follows: the temperature of a deposition target substrate (the movable substrate  52 ) is 250 degrees, the pressure in the vacuum chamber is 0.5 Pa, and the power to be applied to a target is 200 W. The internal stress of the movable electrode  542  deposited by sputtering under the deposition conditions is measured. The movable insulating film  544  is deposited by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method under the following deposition conditions: in a thermal CVD apparatus for example, vacuuming is performed at a temperature of a deposition target substrate of 250 degrees, a source gas is introduced for a given time, then excess gas is removed by purging, next O 3  gas is introduced for a given time, and this cycle is performed repetitively. As a source gas, TEMAH (tetrakis(N-ethyl methyl amino) halfnium) is used in the case of HfO 2 , TMA (trimethyl aluminum) is used in the case of Al 2 O 3 , and TEMAH and O 3 , and TMA and O 3  are alternately introduced repetitively in the case of HfAlO x . The internal stress of the movable insulating film  544  deposited by the method described above is measured. 
     By simulation, the thickness dimensions of the movable electrode  542  and the movable insulating film  544  satisfying the expression (2) are determined. In this case, it is assumed that, by simulation, the thickness dimension of the movable electrode  542  is determined to be 0.1 μm and the thickness dimension of the movable insulating film  544  is determined to be 0.1 μm. 
     Thereafter, a silica glass substrate with a thickness dimension of 200 μm, as a raw material for manufacturing the movable substrate  52 , is prepared, and both surfaces of the glass substrate are finely polished until the surface roughness Ra thereof is 1 nm or less as shown in  FIG. 5A . 
     On both the surfaces of the glass substrate, a Cr film (a thickness dimension of 50 nm) and an Au film (a thickness dimension of 500 nm) are deposited by sputtering, a pattern for forming the holding portion  522  and a space above the fixed electrode pad  541 B of the fixed substrate  51  is formed on the surface on the side opposite to the fixed substrate  51 , and the Cr/Au film at the regions corresponding to the holding portion  522  and the space is removed. In this case, the Au film is etched using a mixture of iodine and potassium iodide, while the Cr film is etched using a ceric ammonium nitrate solution. Then, the glass substrate is immersed in a hydrofluoric acid solution, so that the holding portion  522  and the space above the fixed electrode pad  541 B of the fixed substrate  51  are etched by 170 μm and the Cr/Au film left on both the surfaces of the glass substrate is peeled off. Thus, as shown in  FIG. 5B , the movable portion  521  and the holding portion  522  with a thickness of 30 μm are formed. 
     Thereafter, on the surface of the glass substrate (the movable substrate  52 ) on the side facing the fixed substrate  51 , an ITO film is deposited by sputtering so as to have a thickness dimension of 0.1 μm under the set deposition conditions. A resist is applied onto the ITO film, pattern formation is performed by a photolithographic method and etching, and the resist is removed. Thus, as shown in  FIG. 5C , the movable electrode  542 , the movable extraction electrode  542 A (not shown), and the movable electrode pad  542 B are formed. 
     A metal mask or a silicon mask only exposing the movable electrode  542  is aligned with and bonded to the surface of the movable electrode  542  on the side of the fixed substrate  51 , the movable insulating film  544  is deposited by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method, and the mask is removed. As the movable insulating film  544 , the high-k material described above is used. Thus, as shown in  FIG. 5D , the movable insulating film  544  is formed on the surface of the movable electrode  542  on the side of the fixed substrate  51 . Since the movable electrode  542  and the movable insulating film  544  deposited as described above satisfy the condition of the expression (2), the force F exerted on the movable substrate  52  by the internal stress of the movable electrode  542  is “0”, and therefore the deflection of the movable substrate  52  is prevented. 
     Thereafter, similarly to the fixed reflection film  56  of the fixed substrate  51 , a liftoff process is performed through pattern formation by a photolithographic method and etching, and the movable reflection film  57  is deposited on the movable surface  521 A of the movable portion  521  as shown in  FIG. 5E . 
     Further, similarly to the bonding portion  513  of the fixed substrate  51 , a plasma-polymerized film using polyorganosiloxane is deposited on the bonding portion  523  of the movable substrate  52  so as to have a thickness dimension of 100 nm by a plasma CVD method, so that the bonding portion  523  is deposited as shown in  FIG. 5F . 
     Then, a thin film of glass facing the fixed electrode pad  541 B of the fixed substrate  51  is removed mechanically or chemically. Through the process described above, the movable substrate  52  without deflection due to the internal stress of the movable electrode  54  is formed as shown in  FIG. 5G . 
     5-3. Bonding of Fixed Substrate with Movable Substrate 
     In bonding of the fixed substrate  51  with the movable substrate  52 , a surface activation process for activating the bonding portion  513  of the fixed substrate  51  and the bonding portion  523  of the movable substrate  52  is carried out. In the surface activation process, the molecular binding on the surface of the bonding portion  513  or the bonding portion  523  is cut to generate the dangling bond which is not terminated. Specifically, O 2  plasma treatment or UV treatment is performed. In the case of O 2  plasma treatment, the treatment is carried out under the conditions of an O 2  flow rate of 30 cc/min, a pressure of 27 Pa, and an RF power of 200 W for 30 seconds. In the case of UV treatment, the treatment is carried out using an eximer UV laser (a wavelength of 172 nm) as a UV light source for 3 minutes. 
     After providing activation energy to the plasma-polymerized films, the two substrates are aligned with each other, and a load is applied to the substrates with the fixed bonding portion  513  and the movable bonding portion  523  placed one on top of the other, so that the substrates are bonded to each other. 
     In this case, since the deflection of the movable substrate  52  due to the internal stress of the movable electrode  542  is not caused, the deflections of the movable surface  521 A and the movable reflection film  57  are also not caused. Accordingly, the fixed reflection film  56  and the movable reflection film  57  can be maintained parallel to each other, and a desired initial gap can be accurately set by controlling a pressure to be applied in pressure bonding. 
     6. Advantageous Effects of First Embodiment 
     In the etalon  5  of the embodiment as described above, the movable electrode  542  deposited on the movable substrate  52  has a compressive stress, and the movable insulating film  544  has a tensile stress. Therefore, the force exerted on the movable substrate  52  by the compressive stress of the movable electrode  542  and the force exerted on the movable substrate  52  by the tensile stress of the movable insulating film  544  are cancelled out each other, so that the force deflecting the movable substrate  52  is reduced. Therefore, the deflection of the movable substrate  52  is prevented, and the deflection of the movable reflection film  57  is also prevented. Accordingly, the accuracy of parallelism between the movable reflection film  57  and the fixed reflection film  56  can be favorably maintained, making it possible to improve the resolution of the etalon  5 . 
     For the movable electrode  542  and the movable insulating film  544 , the internal stress, thickness dimension, and area are set based on the expression (2). 
     Therefore, the force exerted on the movable substrate  52  by the compressive stress of the movable electrode  542  and the force exerted on the movable substrate  52  by the tensile stress of the movable insulating film  544  can be balanced, the deflection of the movable substrate  52  can be prevented more reliably, and the deflection of the movable reflection film  57  can be prevented. 
     As a material for forming the movable insulating film  544 , a high-k material is used. Since a high-k material has a high relative dielectric constant, electrostatic attractive force can be improved and also dielectric strength is excellent. Accordingly, the gap can be accurately adjusted to a desired gap dimension, so that the resolution of the etalon  5  can be improved. 
     At the time of manufacturing the etalon  5 , in the bonding step of bonding the fixed substrate  51  with the movable substrate  52 , the plasma-polymerized film is irradiated with ultraviolet radiation to activate the surface of the plasma-polymerized film, and the fixed substrate  51  and the movable substrate  52  are placed on top of the other and bonded together by pressurizing at a predetermined pressure along the thickness direction. At this time, for example, when the movable substrate  52  or the movable reflection film  57  is deflected due to the internal stress of the movable reflection film  57 , an initial gap dimension between the fixed reflection film  56  and the movable reflection film  57  is not uniform, making it hard to adjust the gap dimension to a desired set value. Moreover, in the etalon  5  in which the movable substrate  52  is deflected due to electrostatic attraction, the gap cannot be set to a value more than an initial gap. Therefore, when a set value of the initial gap is wrong, such inconvenience that light at a desired wavelength range cannot be dispersed is caused. Accordingly, when the movable substrate  52  or the movable reflection film  57  is deflected, the resolution is reduced, and in addition, it is necessary to set an initial gap to a larger one for manufacturing the etalon  5  which can disperse light at a desired wavelength range. Therefore, a driving voltage for moving the movable substrate  52  with electrostatic attraction is also increased, increasing power consumption. 
     In contrast, in the etalon  5  of the embodiment as described above, the deflection of the movable substrate  52  due to the movable electrode  542  is prevented, and the movable reflection film  57  and the fixed reflection film  56  can be maintained parallel to each other. Therefore, the initial gap between the reflection films  56  and  57  can be made uniform. Accordingly, the gap can be accurately adjusted to a desired gap dimension. In this case, since it is no more necessary to set the gap to a value more than a desired gap dimension, a voltage value for driving the etalon  5  can also be reduced, making it possible to achieve power saving. 
     The movable substrate  52  of the embodiment includes the movable portion  521  on which the movable reflection film  57  is formed and the holding portion  522  which is formed to have a thickness dimension smaller than that of the movable portion  521  and has small rigidity relative to the thickness direction, and the movable electrode  542  is formed on the holding portion  522 . 
     In the configuration having the movable portion  521  and the holding portion  522  disposed in this manner, it is possible to deflect the holding portion  522  with a small driving voltage to move the movable portion  521 , compared to, for example, a parallel plate-shaped movable substrate without the holding portion  522 , so that power saving can be achieved. Moreover, since the holding portion  522  easily deflects compared to the movable portion  521 , the holding portion  522  greatly deflects when electrostatic attraction is applied to the movable substrate  52 , and the deflection of the movable portion  521  is prevented. Thus, even when the movable substrate  52  is deflected to the side of the fixed substrate  51 , the deflection of the movable surface  521 A of the movable portion  521  can be prevented, and the deflection of the movable reflection film  57  can be prevented. 
     Accordingly, even when the movable substrate  52  is deflected to the side of the fixed substrate  51 , the accuracy of parallelism between the reflection films  56  and  57  can be maintained, making it possible to prevent a reduction in resolution of the etalon  5 . 
     The surface of the movable electrode  542  on the side of the fixed electrode  541  is covered with the movable insulating film  544 , so that discharge between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  can be prevented. Therefore, when a driving voltage is applied between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542 , charges corresponding to the voltage value are held in each of the electrodes  541  and  542 , so that the dimension of the gap between the fixed reflection film  56  and the movable reflection film  57  can be accurately controlled. 
     Second Embodiment 
     Next, a second embodiment of the invention will be described based on  FIG. 6 . In the following description, components similar to those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference and numeral signs, and the description thereof is omitted or simplified. 
     As shown in  FIG. 6 , the movable insulating film  544  of the etalon  5  of the second embodiment is composed of two layers, a first layer  545  and a second layer  546 . The first layer  545  and the second layer  546  are configured such that the sum of the film stresses of the first layer  545  and the second layer  546  is a tensile stress for cancelling out a compressive stress of the movable electrode  542 . That is, when σ 2  is the sum of the film stresses of the first layer  545  and the second layer  546  and t 2  is the sum of the film thickness dimensions of the first layer  545  and the second layer  546  in the expression (2), the relation of the expression (2) is satisfied. 
     The first layer  545  is formed of a SiO 2  film excellent in dielectric strength, and the second layer  546  is formed of a HfO 2  film having a high relative dielectric constant. 
     Advantageous Effects of Second Embodiment 
     In the etalon  5  of the second embodiment, the force exerted on the movable substrate  52  by the internal stress of the movable electrode  542  and the force exerted on the movable substrate  52  by the sum of the internal stresses of the first layer  545  and the second layer  546  are cancelled out each other, so that the force deflecting the movable substrate  52  is reduced. Therefore, the deflection of the movable substrate  52  is prevented, and the deflection of the movable reflection film is also prevented. Accordingly, the accuracy of parallelism between the movable reflection film  57  and the fixed reflection film  56  can be favorably maintained, making it possible to improve the resolution of the etalon  5 . 
     Moreover, since the movable insulating film  544  is composed of a SiO 2  film excellent in dielectric strength and a HfO 2  film having a high relative dielectric constant, the movable insulating film  544  excellent in dielectric strength and electrostatic attractive force can be provided. 
     Other Embodiments 
     The invention is not limited to the embodiments. Modifications, improvements, and the like made within a range capable of achieving the advantage of some aspects of the invention are included in the invention. 
     For example, in the embodiments, the configuration in which the movable electrode  542  has a compressive stress and the movable insulating film  544  has a tensile stress is exemplified. However, a configuration in which the movable electrode  542  has a tensile stress and the movable insulating film  544  has a compressive stress may be adopted. 
     It is preferable to form, as the movable electrode  542 , an ITO film having good adhesion to the movable substrate  52  made of glass. For example, by carrying out annealing treatment after deposition by sputtering, the movable electrode  542  made of ITO with a tensile stress can be formed. Deposition by sputtering tends to form a film having a compressive stress, while deposition using an evaporation method tends to form a film having a tensile stress. Accordingly, by depositing under predetermined evaporation conditions using an evaporation method, the movable electrode  542  made of ITO with a tensile stress may be formed. 
     When the movable electrode  542  has a tensile stress as described above, the movable insulating film  544  is configured to have a compressive stress. Therefore, the forces given to the movable substrate  52  by the internal stresses of the respective layers are cancelled out each other, so that the deflection of the movable substrate  52  can be reduced. 
     Although, in the second embodiment, the movable insulating film  544  is composed of two layers, the movable insulating film  544  may be composed of a plurality of layers with three layers or more. In this case, it is sufficient that the sum of the film stresses of the plurality of layers is a tensile stress for cancelling out the compressive stress of the movable electrode  542 . Further, by using a combination of films having high dielectric strength and a high relative dielectric constant, the movable insulating film  544  excellent in dielectric strength and electrostatic attractive force can be provided. 
     Moreover, in the embodiments, the fixed insulating film  543  is formed on the surface of the fixed electrode  541  on the side of the movable electrode  542 . However, a configuration in which the fixed insulating film  543  is not disposed may be adopted. 
     The movable substrate  52  is formed as the first substrate, and the fixed substrate  51  is formed as the second substrate. However, for example, a configuration may be adopted in which the fixed substrate  51  is formed as the first substrate, the fixed electrode  541  has a compressive stress, and the fixed insulating film  543  has a tensile stress. In this case, even when the fixed substrate  51  having a small thickness dimension is used, the deflection of the substrate due to the internal stress of the fixed electrode  541  can be prevented. 
     Then, a configuration may also be adopted in which a movable portion is disposed on both the fixed substrate  51  and the movable substrate  52  and these movable portions can displace relative to the thickness direction. In this case, a stacked structure may be adopted in which both the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  have a compressive stress and their insulating films  543  and  544  each have a tensile stress. 
     Although, in the embodiments, an example of forming the holding portion  522  having a diaphragm shape in the movable substrate  52  is shown, the invention is not limited to this. 
     As the holding portion  522 , any configuration may be adopted as long as the holding portion  522  holds the movable portion  521  such that the movable portion  521  can move forward and backward relative to the fixed substrate  51 . For example, the holding portion  522  may be composed of a plurality of bridge portions. In this case, the movable electrode  542  is formed on all of the bridge portions or on the bridge portion disposed at a symmetrical position relative to the central point of the movable substrate  52 . Thus, the deflection balance of the bridge portion can be made favorable, so that the movable portion  521  can be moved in a state where the movable reflection film  57  is maintained parallel to the fixed reflection film  56 . 
     In the embodiments, the etalon  5  having the structure in which the dimension between the fixed reflection film  56  and the movable reflection film  57  facing each other is smaller than that between the fixed electrode  541  and the movable electrode  542  facing each other has been described. However, even an optical filter having a structure in which the dimension between a fixed reflection film and a movable reflection film is greater than that between a fixed electrode and a movable electrode provides effects similar to those of the embodiment. 
     As the electronic device according to the invention, the colorimetric device  1  has been exemplified. However, the tunable interference filter, optical module, and electronic device according to the invention can be used in various fields in addition to the colorimetric device  1 . 
     For example, the invention can be used as a light-based system for detecting the presence of a specific substance. As such a system, for example, a gas detecting device, such as a vehicle-mounted gas leak detector which adopts a spectroscopic measurement method using the tunable interference filter of the invention to detect a specific gas with high sensitivity or an optoacoustic rare gas detector for breath test, can be exemplified. 
     An example of such a gas detecting device will be described based on the drawings. 
       FIG. 7  is a schematic view showing an example of a gas detecting device including the tunable interference filter. 
       FIG. 8  is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the gas detecting device in  FIG. 7 . 
     The gas detecting device  100  is configured to include, as shown in  FIG. 7 , a sensor chip  110 , a passage  120  including a suction port  120 A, a suction passage  120 B, an exhaust passage  120 C, and an exhaust port  120 D, and a main body portion  130 . 
     The main body portion  130  is composed of a sensor section cover  131  having an opening capable of detaching the passage  120 , an exhaust unit  133 , a casing  134 , an optical section  135 , a detecting section (optical module) including a filter  136 , the etalon  5  (tunable interference filter), and a light receiving element  137  (light receiving section), a control section  138  which processes a detected signal and controls the detecting section, a power supply section  139  which supplies power, and the like. The optical section  135  is composed of a light source  135 A which emits light, a beam splitter  135 B which reflects light incident from the light source  135 A to the side of the sensor chip  110  and transmits the light incident from the side of the sensor chip to the side of the light receiving element  137 , and lens  135 C,  135 D, and  135 E. 
     Moreover, as shown in  FIG. 8 , a manipulation panel  140 , a display section  141 , a connecting section  142  for an interface to the outside, and the power supply section  139  are disposed on the surface of the gas detecting device  100 . When the power supply section  139  is a secondary battery, a connecting section  143  for charging may be provided. 
     Further, the control section  138  of the gas detecting device  100  includes, as shown in  FIG. 8 , a signal processing section  144  composed of a CPU and the like, alight source driver circuit  145  for controlling the light source  135 A, a voltage control section  146  for controlling the etalon  5 , a light receiving circuit  147  which receives signals from the light receiving element  137 , a sensor chip detecting circuit  149  which receives signals from a sensor chip detector  148  reading the code of the sensor chip  110  to detect the presence or absence of the sensor chip  110 , and an exhaust driver circuit  150  which controls the exhaust unit  133 . 
     Next, operation of the gas detecting device  100  described above will be described below. 
     Inside the sensor section cover  131  at the upper portion of the main body portion  130 , the sensor chip detector  148  is disposed. The presence or absence of the sensor chip  110  is detected by the sensor chip detector  148 . When the signal processing section  144  detects a detection signal from the sensor chip detector  148 , the signal processing section  144  determines that the sensor chip  110  is mounted, and outputs a display signal causing the display section  141  to perform display indicating that detecting operation can be carried out. 
     When the manipulation panel  140  is manipulated by a user for example, and an instruction signal indicating to start a detecting process is output from the manipulation panel  140  to the signal processing section  144 , the signal processing section  144  first outputs a signal for light source activation to the light source driver circuit  145  to activate the light source  135 A. When the light source  135 A is driven, a stable laser beam of linearly polarized light at a single wavelength is emitted from the light source  135 A. The light source  135 A has a temperature sensor or light amount sensor incorporated therein, and information of the sensor is output to the signal processing section  144 . When the signal processing section  144  determines, based on the temperature or light amount input from the light source  135 A, that the light source  135 A is operating stably, the signal processing section  144  controls the exhaust driver circuit  150  to activate the exhaust unit  133 . Thus, a gaseous sample including a target substance to be detected (gas molecules) is introduced from the suction port  120 A, through the suction passage  120 B, the interior of the sensor chip  110 , and the exhaust passage  120 C, to the exhaust port  120 D. 
     Moreover, the sensor chip  110  is a sensor which has a plurality of metal nanostructures incorporated therein and utilizes localized surface plasmon resonance. In the sensor chip  110  described above, when an enhanced electric field is formed between the metal nanostructures by a laser beam, and gas molecules enter the enhanced electric field, Raman scattering light including information of molecular vibration, and Rayleigh scattering light are generated. 
     These Rayleigh scattering light and Raman scattering light pass through the optical section  135  and are incident on the filter  136 . The Rayleigh scattering light is separated by the filter  136 , and the Raman scattering light is incident on the etalon  5 . Then, the signal processing section  144  controls the voltage control section  146  to adjust a voltage to be applied to the etalon  5  and causes the etalon  5  to disperse the Raman scattering light corresponding to gas molecules as a detection object. Thereafter, when the dispersed light is received by the light receiving element  137 , a light receiving signal corresponding to the amount of the received light is output to the signal processing section  144  via the light receiving circuit  147 . 
     The signal processing section  144  compares the thus obtained spectral data of the Raman scattering light corresponding to the gas molecules as a detection object with data stored in a ROM to determine whether or not the gas molecules are objective gas molecules, thereby specifying a substance. The signal processing section  144  causes the display section  141  to display information of the result or outputs the information of the result from the connecting section  142  to the outside. 
     In  FIGS. 7 and 8 , the gas detecting device  100  has been exemplified in which Raman scattering light is dispersed by the etalon  5  to perform gas detection based on the dispersed Raman scattering light. However, a gas detecting device which specifies the kind of gas by detecting the absorbance peculiar to the gas may be used. In this case, a gas sensor which allows the gas to flow into the inside of the sensor and detects light absorbed by the gas among incident light is used as the optical module according to the invention. Then, the gas detecting device which analyzes to determine the gas allowed by such a gas sensor to flow within the sensor is used as the electronic device according to the invention. Even with such a configuration, the component of gas can be detected using the tunable interference filter according to the invention. 
     As a system for detecting the presence of a specific substance, a substance component analyzing device, such as a non-invasive measurement device for sugar using near-infrared spectroscopy or a non-invasive measurement device for information on a food, living body, mineral, or the like, can be exemplified, without limiting to the detection of gas described above. 
     Hereinafter, a food analyzing device will be described as an example of the substance component analyzing device. 
       FIG. 9  shows a schematic configuration of the food analyzing device as an example of an electronic device using the etalon  5 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 9 , the food analyzing device  200  includes a detector  210  (optical module), a control section  220 , and a display section  230 . The detector  210  includes a light source  211  which emits light, an imaging lens  212  into which light from a measurement object is introduced, the etalon (tunable interference filter) which disperses the light introduced from the imaging lens  212 , and an imaging section  213  (light receiving section) which detects the dispersed light. 
     The control section  220  includes a light source control section  221  which carries out the control of turning on and off of the light source  211  and the control of brightness during turning on, a voltage control section  222  which controls the etalon  5 , a detection control section  223  which controls the imaging section  213  and acquires a spectral image imaged by the imaging section  213 , a signal processing section  224 , and a storage section  225 . 
     In the food analyzing device  200 , when the system is driven, the light source control section  221  controls the light source  211 , so that a measurement object is irradiated with light from the light source  211 . Then, the light reflected by the measurement object passes through the imaging lens  212  and is incident on the etalon  5 . To the etalon  5 , a voltage with which a desired wavelength can be dispersed is applied under the control of the voltage control section  222 , and the dispersed light is imaged by the imaging section  213  composed of, for example, a CCD cameral or the like. The imaged light is accumulated in the storage section  225  as a spectral image. The signal processing section  224  controls the voltage control section  222  to change the value of a voltage to be applied to the etalon  5  and acquires a spectral image corresponding to each wavelength. 
     The signal processing section  224  performs arithmetic processing on data of each pixel in each of the images accumulated in the storage section  225  to obtain a spectrum in each pixel. In the storage section  225 , for example, information on food components corresponding to spectra is stored. The signal processing section  224  analyzes data of the obtained spectrum based on the food information stored in the storage section  225  to obtain the food component and content included in the detection object. Moreover, the food calorie, freshness, and the like can also be calculated based on the obtained food component and content. Further, by analyzing the spectrum distribution in the image, extraction and the like of a portion whose freshness is reduced in the food to be tested can also be carried out, and further, detection of a foreign substance and the like included in the food can also be carried out. 
     Then, the signal processing section  224  performs a process for causing the display section  230  to display the thus obtained information, such as the component, content, calorie, and freshness, of the food to be tested. 
     Although the food analyzing device  200  is exemplified in  FIG. 9 , the invention can also be used, with a configuration substantially similar to that of the food analyzing device  200 , as a non-invasive measurement device for the other information described above. For example, the invention can be used as a bioanalytical device which analyzes biological components for the measurement or analysis of body fluid components such as blood. As such a bioanalytical device, for example, when a device is configured to detect ethyl alcohol as a device for measuring body fluid components such as blood, the device can be used as a drunk driving prevention device which detects a drinking state of a driver. Moreover, the invention can be used as an electronic endoscope system including such a bioanalytical device. 
     Further, the invention can be used as a mineral analyzing device which carries out component analysis of minerals. 
     Further, the tunable interference filter, optical module, electronic device according to the invention can be applied to devices described below. 
     For example, by changing the intensity of light at each wavelength, data can be transmitted via light at each wavelength. In this case, light at a specific wavelength is dispersed by the tunable interference filter disposed in the optical module, and the dispersed light is received by a light receiving section, so that data transmitted via the light at the specific wavelength can be extracted. By processing the data of the light at each wavelength with an electronic device including such an optical module for data extraction, optical communication can also be implemented. 
     As an electronic device, the invention can also be applied to a spectral camera which images a spectral image, a spectrum analyzer, and the like by dispersing light with the tunable interference filter according to the invention. An example of such a spectral camera is an infrared camera having the tunable interference filter incorporated therein. 
       FIG. 10  is a schematic view showing a schematic configuration of a spectral camera. As shown in  FIG. 10 , the spectral camera  300  includes a camera main body  310 , an imaging lens unit  320 , and an imaging section  330 . 
     The camera main body  310  is a portion gripped and manipulated by a user. 
     The imaging lens unit  320  is disposed on the camera main body  310  and introduces incident image light to the imaging section  330 . As shown in  FIG. 10 , the imaging lens unit  320  is configured to include an objective lens  321 , an imaging lens  322 , and the etalon  5  disposed between the lenses. 
     The imaging section  330  is composed of a light receiving element and images image light introduced by the imaging lens unit  320 . 
     In the spectral camera  300  described above, light at a wavelength to be imaged is transmitted by the etalon  5 , so that a spectral image of the light at a desired wavelength can be imaged. 
     Further, the tunable interference filter according to the invention may be used as a band-pass filter. For example, the invention can also be used as an optical laser device which disperses and transmits, with the tunable interference filter, only light in a narrow-band centered at a predetermined wavelength among light in a predetermined wavelength range emitted by a light emitting element. 
     Moreover, the tunable interference filter according to the invention may be used as a biometric authentication device. For example, the tunable interference filter according to the invention can be applied to an authentication device for vein, fingerprint, retina, iris, and the like using light in a near-infrared region or in a visible region. 
     Further, the optical module and the electronic device can be used as a concentration detecting device. In this case, infrared energy (infrared light) emitted from a substance is dispersed by the tunable interference filter for analysis to measure the concentration of a test object in a sample. 
     As shown in the above description, the tunable interference filter, optical module, and electronic device according to the invention can be applied to any device which disperse predetermined light among incident light. As described above, since the tunable interference filter according to the invention can disperse a plurality of wavelengths with one device, the measurement of spectra of a plurality of wavelengths and the detection for a plurality of components can be accurately carried out. Accordingly, compared to a related-art device which extracts a desired wavelength with a plurality of devices, miniaturization of an optical module or an electronic device can be promoted, and therefore, the invention can be preferably used as, for example, a portable or vehicle-mounted optical device. 
     In addition, a specific structure and procedure in carrying out the invention can be appropriately changed to another structure and the like within a range capable of achieving the advantage of the invention. 
     The entire disclosure of Japanese Patent application No. 2011-031847, filed Feb. 17, 2011 is expressly incorporated by reference herein.