Reconfigurable diffraction gratings based on elastomeric microfluidic devices

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-159

  Schueller, Olivier J A ^a   Duffy, David C ^a   Rogers, John A ^b   Brittain, Scott T ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELASTOMERS; GLASS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES; WAVEFRONTS;

ELASTOMERIC MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0033361501     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(98)00242-8     Document Type: Article

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