Title : 
Optofluidic grating spectrograph on a chip
         
        
            Author : 
Li, Zhenyu ; Scherer, Axel
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We demonstrated liquid metal based optical components such as mirrors and reflection gratings for building on-chip optofluidic spectrographs and monochromators. We designed a Czerny-Turner spectrograph with 1.7 nm resolution, 200 nm FSR and a footprint of 3 cm by 3 cm.
         
        
            Keywords : 
diffraction gratings; integrated optoelectronics; liquid metals; micro-optomechanical devices; microfluidics; mirrors; monochromators; optical design techniques; spectrometers; Czerny-Turner spectrograph; liquid metal based optical component; microfluidic structures; mirrors; on-chip optofluidic monochromator; optofluidic grating spectrograph; reflection gratings; Gallium alloys; Gratings; Integrated optics; Microfluidics; Mirrors; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Spectroscopy; (120.4140) Monochromator; (130.0130) Integrated optics; (130.5460) Polymer waveguides; (230.1950) Diffraction gratings; (230.4000) Microstructure fabrication; (230.4040) Mirrors; (230.7400) Waveguides, slab; (300.6190) Spectrometers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Baltimore, MD
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-869-8
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-869-8