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Tunable optofluidic aperture configured by a liquid-core/liquid-cladding structure |
Optics Letters, Vol. 36, Issue 10, pp. 1767-1769 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.001767
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Abstract
Miniaturized and tunable optical components, such as the waveguide, lens, and prism, have been of great interest for lab-on-chip systems. This Letter reports an optofluidic aperture stop formed by the liquid-core/liquid-cladding flow. The aperture size can be tuned accordingly by adjusting the flow rates. Manipulation of the aperture size allows control of the amount of light passing through the corresponding optical system as well as the angular aperture on the image side. This optofluidic aperture enables lab-on-chip optical systems to have a greater flexibility and more functionalities.
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OCIS Codes
(080.3620) Geometric optics : Lens system design
(230.3990) Optical devices : Micro-optical devices
(050.1965) Diffraction and gratings : Diffractive lenses
(230.4685) Optical devices : Optical microelectromechanical devices
ToC Category:
Optical Devices
History
Original Manuscript: March 23, 2011
Revised Manuscript: April 5, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: April 5, 2011
Published: May 5, 2011
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Citation
Chaolong Song, Nam-Trung Nguyen, Anand Krishna Asundi, and Cassandra Lee-Ngo Low, "Tunable optofluidic aperture configured by a liquid-core/liquid-cladding structure," Opt. Lett. 36, 1767-1769 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-36-10-1767
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