Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 5, 321(2020)

Simulation of beam steering control in arrayed liquid prisms system based on electrowetting-on-dielectric

Wen-jie ZHANG... Rui ZHAO*, Mei-mei KONG, Tao CHEN, Jian-fei GUAN and Zhong-cheng LIANG |Show fewer author(s)
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  • Center of Optofluidic Technology, College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics,Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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    In this paper, an arrayed liquid prisms system based on electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) is proposed to modulate the three-dimensional beam steering control. The relationships between beam steering control range, electrowetting contact angle, and liquid refractive index are derived. COMSOL is employed to demonstrate the beam steering control properties of the electrowetting-based arrayed liquid prisms when bias voltages are applied. The influence of contact angle, liquid refractive index, and interval between adjacent prisms are discussed. The results show that the beam steering control performance of the system will be greatly improved, and the range of beam steering angle is -20° to 20° by selecting optimum combinations of liquids and rational interval between adjacent prisms. The arrayed liquid prisms system can succeed to achieve continuous control of beam steering in a conical region with an apex angle of 40°, and the vertex of the circular cone is located at the 15.02 mm in the z-axis. The proposed system will promote the development of non-mechanical beam steering technology and have a wide range of applications.

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    ZHANG Wen-jie, ZHAO Rui, KONG Mei-mei, CHEN Tao, GUAN Jian-fei, LIANG Zhong-cheng. Simulation of beam steering control in arrayed liquid prisms system based on electrowetting-on-dielectric[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2020, 16(5): 321

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    Paper Information

    Received: Oct. 7, 2019

    Accepted: Dec. 21, 2019

    Published Online: Dec. 25, 2020

    The Author Email: Rui ZHAO (zhaor@njupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-020-9167-1

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