A liquid waveguide with dispersion and interference effect

Y. Yang, Z. Shen, D. P. Tsai, A. Q. Liu

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Abstract

Liquid optical waveguides take the advantages of tunable, reconfigurable and adaptive to solid-state waveguides, making them as highly dynamic optofluidic devices. However, the effect of diffusive dispersion between the core flow stream and cladding flow stream makes the liquid waveguide more complex than the traditional step-index or graded-index waveguides. Here we introduce a liquid waveguide integrated in a finite rectangular microchannel. The ability of the flowing streams of miscible fluids to create gradients in optical properties by diffusion causes some distinguish new phenomena, such as quasi-periodic ray path, beaming, Talbot effect, and dispersion, are investigated both analytically and experimentally.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of Conference, MicroTAS 2009 - The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages955-957
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)9780979806421
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2009 - Jeju, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 1 Nov 20095 Nov 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of Conference, MicroTAS 2009 - The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2009
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju
Period1/11/095/11/09

Keywords

  • Graded-index
  • Optofluidic
  • Waveguide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Bioengineering

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