Biconcave micro-optofluidic lens with low-refractive-index liquids

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Song, Chaolong
Nguyen, Nam-Trung
Asundi, Anand Krishna
Low, Cassandra Lee-Ngo
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2009
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One of the current problems of micro-optofluidics is the choice of a suitable liquid with a high refractive index (RI). We report the use of a low-RI liquid in a biconcave liquid-core liquid-cladding lens for focusing light. For the characterization of the lens, a telescope system was constructed from polydimethylsiloxane lenses to collimate and expand a light beam emitted from an optical fiber. The tunable optofluidic biconcave lens focuses the parallel beam. Fluorescent dye diluted in an index-matching liquid was used for the visualization of the light rays in a beam-tracing chamber. The focused beam is tuned by adjusting the flow rate ratio between core and cladding streams.

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Optics Letters

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34

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23

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© 2009 OSA. This paper was published in Optics Letters and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.003622. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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Atomic, molecular and optical physics

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Quantum physics not elsewhere classified

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