Title :
Dynamic control of liquid-core/liquid-cladding optical waveguides
Author :
Wolfe, Daniel B. ; Conroy, Richard S. ; Garstecki, Piotr ; Mayers, Brian T. ; Vesenov, Dmitri V. ; Fischbach, Michael A. ; Paul, K.E. ; Prentiss, Mara ; Whitesides, George M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. & Chem. Biol., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Liquid-core/liquid-cladding waveguides are dynamic; their operation depends on a continuous, laminar flow of a core and cladding fluid. We demonstrate single-mode and multi-mode waveguiding, switching and tunable evanescent coupling between liquid cores.
Keywords :
claddings; laminar flow; micro-optics; microfluidics; optical switches; optical tuning; optical waveguides; cladding fluid; continuous flow; core fluid; dynamic control; laminar flow; liquid cores; liquid-cladding optical waveguides; liquid-core optical waveguides; multimode switching; multimode waveguiding; single-mode switching; single-mode waveguiding; tunable evanescent coupling; Biomedical optical imaging; Liquid waveguides; Microfluidics; Optical control; Optical design; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Signal design; Solids; Waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202239
