Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 22, 2213001(2022)
N×N Optofluidic Switch Array with Pneumatic Actuation
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Jing Wan, Mingrui Guo, Wei Zhang, Lie Meng, Tingjie Yu. N×N Optofluidic Switch Array with Pneumatic Actuation[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(22): 2213001
Category: Integrated Optics
Received: Mar. 11, 2022
Accepted: May. 30, 2022
Published Online: Nov. 7, 2022
The Author Email: Wan Jing (wanj@njupt.edu.cn)