Tunable liquid-filled microlens array integrated with microfluidic network

Nikolas Chronis, Gang L. Liu, Ki Hun Jeong, Luke P. Lee

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Abstract

An elastomer-based tunable liquid-filled microlens array integrated on top of a microfluidic network is fabricated using soft lithographic techniques. The simultaneous control of the focal length of all the microlenses composing the elastomeric array is accomplished by pneumatically regulating the pressure of the microfluidic network. A focal length tuning range of hundreds of microns to several millimeters is achieved. Such an array can be used potentially in dynamic imaging systems and adaptive optics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2370-2378
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume11
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2003

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