Title :
Micro-Air-Bag actuated tunable optofluidic elements
Author :
Song, Wuzhou ; Vasdekis, Andreas E. ; Choi, Jae-Woo ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution :
Opt. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol. Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We introduce for the first time a tuning mechanism for optofluidic devices by embedding a Micro-Air-Bag (MAB) actuator inside a microfluidic chip. Multiple tunable optical elements controlled through the pressure of compressed air were demonstrated.
Keywords :
micro-optics; microfluidics; optical tuning; actuated tunable; compressed air; micro-air-bag; multiple tunable optical elements; optofluidic elements; tuning mechanism; Actuators; Diffraction; Filling; Laser tuning; Microfluidics; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical pumping; Optical tuning; Tunable circuits and devices; (220.1080) Active or adaptive optics; (230.3990) Micro-optical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
