A Planar Liquid Lens Design Based on Electrowetting

Author

Park, Jihwan ; Liu, Chao-Xuan ; Choi, Jin-Woo

Author_Institution

Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge

fYear

2007

fDate

28-31 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

439

Lastpage

442

Abstract

In this paper, a planar liquid lens is designed and implemented based on competitive electro wetting. A droplet of silicone oil confined in an aqueous solution works as a liquid lens. Electro wetting then controls the shape of the confined silicone oil and the focal length of a liquid lens varies depending upon an applied electric potential. A ring-type planar electrode successfully confined a droplet of silicone oil in an aqueous solution by electro wetting. With an external DC voltage applied in the range of 0-200 V, the confined silicone oil droplet changed its shape. Using the liquid lens, optical magnification was demonstrated and the focal length change of the liquid lens was characterized. The focal length varied from 12 mm to 22 mm with a 3 mm-diameter liquid lens. The demonstrated liquid lens has a simple structure and is easy to fabricate. The planar structure envisages an integrated optical system for lab-on-a-chip applications.

Keywords

integrated optics; lab-on-a-chip; lenses; optical instruments; wetting; applied electric potential; aqueous solution; competitive electro wetting; focal length; integrated optical system; lab-on-a-chip applications; optical magnification; planar liquid lens; ring-type planar electrode; silicone oil; size 12 mm to 22 mm; size 3 mm; Aluminum; Electric potential; Electrodes; Integrated optics; Lenses; Liquids; Optical design; Petroleum; Shape control; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1930-0395

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1261-7

Electronic_ISBN

1930-0395

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2007.4388430

Filename

4388430