• DocumentCode
    444439
  • Title

    Optical waveguiding in suspensions of dielectric particles

  • Author

    Conroy, Richard S. ; Mayers, Brian T. ; Vezcnov, D.V. ; Wolfe, D.B. ; Prentiss, Mara ; Whitesides, George M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept of Chem & Chem. Biol., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1298
  • Abstract
    Waveguiding is observed in a liquid core/liquid cladding waveguide containing a suspension of dielectric particles in the core. The threshold for guiding is determined by the numerical aperture of the effective refractive index.
  • Keywords
    dielectric materials; micro-optics; microfluidics; optical waveguides; refractive index; suspensions; dielectric particles; liquid core-liquid cladding waveguide; microfluidic channel; numerical aperture; optical waveguide; refractive index; suspensions; Dielectrics; Light scattering; Mie scattering; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Particle scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Solids; Suspensions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549111
  • Filename
    1549111