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Pneumatically tunable optofluidic 2 x 2 switch for reconfigurable optical circuit

Song, Wuzhou  
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Psaltis, Demetri  
2011
Lab On A Chip

We presented a pneumatically tunable 2 x 2 optofluidic switch for on-chip light routing that was controlled by compressed air. The device was fabricated with an optically clear elastomer-polydimethylsiloxane ( PDMS)-by soft-lithography. The optical switching is realized with a tunable air-gap mirror by which the light is deflected due to total internal reflection in the bypass state. When the device is subjected to high pressure, the air gap collapses and hence the light will be switched to the crossover state. The device had a switching speed of more than 5 Hz and an extinction ratio of 8 dB. This switch can be readily integrated with other microfluidic circuits. We demonstrated a simple reconfigurable optical waveguide circuit for dual-channel microfluidic spectroscopy measurement on a chip.

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DOI
10.1039/c1lc20220k
Web of Science ID

WOS:000292168500013

Author(s)
Song, Wuzhou  
Psaltis, Demetri  
Date Issued

2011

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Published in
Lab On A Chip
Volume

11

Start page

2397

End page

2402

Subjects

Wave-Guides

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Microfluidic Channel

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Laser

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Lens

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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