Tunable microfluidic optical devices with an integrated microlens array

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1660-1666

  Hong, Kuang Sheng ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Sharonov, Alexey ^b   Chandra, Dinesh ^a   Aizenberg, Joanna ^c   Yang, Shu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDICS; GLASS TRANSITION; MICROLENSES; MICROMACHINING; POLYCARBONATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MICROFLUIDIC OPTICAL DEVICE; POLYCARBONATE PLATE; TUNABLE MICROLENS ARRAYS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33746288647     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/8/030     Document Type: Article

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