Campbell, Kyle and Groisman, Alex and Levy, Uriel and Pang, Lin and Mookherjea, Shayan and Psaltis, Demetri and Fainman, Yeshaiahu (2004) A microfluidic 2×2 optical switch. Applied Physics Letters, 85 (25). pp. 6119-6121. ISSN 0003-6951 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:CAMapl04
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Abstract
A 2×2 microfluidic-based optical switch is proposed and demonstrated. The switch is made of an optically clear silicon elastomer, Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), using soft lithography. It has insertion loss smaller than 1 dB and extinction ratio on the order of 20 dB. The device is switching between transmission (bypass) and reflection (exchange) modes within less than 20 ms
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| Additional Information: | ©2004 American Institute of Physics (Received 12 August 2004; accepted 19 October 2004) This research has been partially supported by DARPA, NSF, and AFOSR. |
| Subject Keywords: | polymers; optical switches; microswitches; microfluidics; micro-optics |
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:CAMapl04 |
| Persistent URL: | http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:CAMapl04 |
| Alternative URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1839281 |
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| ID Code: | 1915 |
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| Deposited On: | 23 Feb 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2012 08:46 |
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