Liquid prism with dual-interface based on electrowetting effect

Lin Luo; Lei Li; Jin Hui Wang; Rong Ying Yuan; Qiong Hua Wang

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2018.04.039

Liquid prism with dual-interface based on electrowetting effect

Lin Luo
, Lei Li
, Jin Hui Wang
, Rong Ying Yuan
, Qiong Hua Wang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Sichuan University

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Abstract

In this paper, we report a prism with two liquid–liquid interfaces based on electrowetting effect. The prism is filled with two immiscible liquids which form two liquid–liquid interfaces. In the device, the filling liquids from the top to the bottom are conductive liquid, oil and conductive liquid. The shape of the two liquid–liquid interfaces will be changed when different voltages are applied to the opposite sidewalls. Our device is capable of wide-angle beam steering and the function of light beam translational. Our results show that the light beam can be deflected by ∼22.3° (−11.5° to +10.8°) and the translational distance is 3.1 mm (−1.5 mm to +1.6 mm). The proposed prism has a wide application in light detection, telecommunications, light alignment and other industrial applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	180-184
Number of pages	5
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	425
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2018.04.039
State	Published - 15 Oct 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Beam translational
Dual-interface
Liquid prism
Wide angle

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