Title :
A Novel Opto-Fluidic Interface
Author :
Hockaday, B. ; Glomb, W. ; Taylor, K. ; Waters, J.
Author_Institution :
United Technologies Research Center, 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06108
Abstract :
A novel opto-fluidic interface which responds to DC signals was constructed and tested. The interface was a laminar proportional amplifier (LPA) modified to include an optical coupling region in the power nozzle. The opto-fluidic gain of the interface was measured to be 15.50 kPa per watt of input optical power. A pneumatic cylinder actuator was optically activated by the opto-fluidic interface connected to a fluidic gain block. In this configuration, an output pressure of 55.2 kPa was produced using an input optical pover of 10 mW. The bandwidth of the opto-fluidic interface was 140 Hz.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Gain measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical coupling; Pneumatic actuators; Power amplifiers; Power measurement; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 1984
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
