Performance of an adaptive liquid microlens controlled by a microcoil actuator

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  • Thanin Schultheis
  • Dominik Hoheisel
  • Wenjia Xiao
  • Luca Spani-Molella
  • Eduard Reithmeier
  • Lutz Rissing
  • Steffen Hardt

Externe Organisationen

  • Technische Universität Darmstadt
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)299-308
Seitenumfang10
FachzeitschriftMicrofluidics and Nanofluidics
Jahrgang13
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 7 März 2012

Abstract

We present an optofluidic system based on electromagnetic manipulation of a ferrofluid to tune a liquid lens. Both studies of the dynamics of fluid transport and of the optical properties of the liquid lens have been carried out. Thermal and magnetic field simulations of the microcoil actuators are presented. Proof-of-principle experiments demonstrating the adaption of the focal length of the lens have been carried out. It is shown that the lens adaption proceeds in a reversible and reproducible manner, given that the ferrofluid plug moves with a speed below a specific threshold value. Furthermore, the time delay between the actuation and the deflection of the lens surface is studied.

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Performance of an adaptive liquid microlens controlled by a microcoil actuator. / Schultheis, Thanin; Hoheisel, Dominik; Xiao, Wenjia et al.
in: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Jahrgang 13, Nr. 2, 07.03.2012, S. 299-308.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Schultheis, T, Hoheisel, D, Xiao, W, Spani-Molella, L, Reithmeier, E, Rissing, L & Hardt, S 2012, 'Performance of an adaptive liquid microlens controlled by a microcoil actuator', Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Jg. 13, Nr. 2, S. 299-308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-012-0961-3
Schultheis, T., Hoheisel, D., Xiao, W., Spani-Molella, L., Reithmeier, E., Rissing, L., & Hardt, S. (2012). Performance of an adaptive liquid microlens controlled by a microcoil actuator. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 13(2), 299-308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-012-0961-3
Schultheis T, Hoheisel D, Xiao W, Spani-Molella L, Reithmeier E, Rissing L et al. Performance of an adaptive liquid microlens controlled by a microcoil actuator. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 2012 Mär 7;13(2):299-308. doi: 10.1007/s10404-012-0961-3
Schultheis, Thanin ; Hoheisel, Dominik ; Xiao, Wenjia et al. / Performance of an adaptive liquid microlens controlled by a microcoil actuator. in: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 2012 ; Jahrgang 13, Nr. 2. S. 299-308.
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