Title :
Tailoring light flow in microfluidics
Author :
Haitao Zhao ; Lip Ket Chin ; Weiming Zhu ; Yap, Eric Peng Huat ; Wee Ser ; Ai Qun Liu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
This paper proposes an approach to tailor the light flow by using the liquid diffusiongenerated gradient. A microfluidic network is designed to generate the required linear and parabolic profiles. Maxwell´s fisheye lens and optical bend are realized on a single microfluidic chip.
Keywords :
lenses; micro-optomechanical devices; microfluidics; Maxwell´s fisheye lens; light flow; linear profiles; liquid diffusion generated gradient; microfluidic network; optical bend; parabolic profiles; single microfluidic chip; Biomedical optical imaging; Indexes; Lenses; Microfluidics; Optical imaging; Optical mixing; Optical propagation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
