Tunable optofluidic aperture configured by a liquid-core/liquid-cladding structure
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Tunable optofluidic aperture configured by a liquid-core/liquid-cladding structure.
Miniaturized and tunable optical components, such as the waveguide, lens, and prism, have been of great interest for lab-on-chip systems. This Letter reports an optofluidic aperture stop formed by the liquid-core/liquid-cladding flow. The aperture size can be tuned accordingly by adjusting the flow rates. Manipulation of the aperture size allows control of the amount of light passing through th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Optics Letters
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0146-9592,1539-4794
DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.001767