Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 5, 797(2010)
Novel Space Optical Switch Device of Optofluidic
A novel space optical switch device of optofluidic is proposed to solve the problems of electrical controlling without mechanical device.The basic structure of the switch includes a core exchange space sandwiched between two optical arrays.The basic unit of array is made from liquid prism as a beam control unit including three kinds of immiscible liquids(water / oil / water).Through the electro-wetting effect,the beam deflection angle of the liquid prism can be adjusted about -15 °~15 °continuously in a specific voltage range(30 ~ 110 V).Thus one can construct a variety of two-dimensional or even three-dimensional optical switch array.
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CHEN Tao, LIANG Zhong-cheng, XU Ning, Qian Chen, ZHAO Rui, BI Lan. Novel Space Optical Switch Device of Optofluidic[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2010, 39(5): 797
Received: Oct. 19, 2009
Accepted: --
Published Online: Jul. 5, 2010
The Author Email: Tao CHEN (zcliang@njupt.edu.cn)
CSTR:32186.14.