The invention discloses a two-way twistable staggered-comb teeth electrostatic driving variable
optical attenuator which comprises a substrate, fixed comb teeth units, a micromirror, movable comb teeth units, two support rods, insulating medium
layers, two twisting rods and two movable
electrode regions, wherein an oxidation insulating layer is fixedly connected between each of the two movable
electrode regions and the substrate, and the insulating medium
layers are respectively embedded to the middle parts of the two support rods, the two twisting rods and the micromirror; one ends of the two support rods are fixedly connected onto the micromirror, and the other ends of the two support rods are fixedly connected onto the movable
electrode regions by the twisting rods; and two movable comb teeth units which are symmetrically arranged with each other along the support rods are respectively and fixedly connected onto the two support rods, and movable comb teeth in each movable comb teeth unit and fixed comb teeth in each fixed comb teeth unit are distributed with one another in a staggered way. According to the variable
optical attenuator, the two-way twisting can be realized, and the twisting position of the micromirror can be accurately controlled. Meanwhile, the invention further discloses a preparation method of the variable
optical attenuator, which is high in reliability and high in
machining precision.