Optical switch using a deformable liquid droplet

Optics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3826-3828

  Ren, Hongwen ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FORCES; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT SHUTTERS; LIQUID DROPLETS; OPERATION MECHANISM; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS; VOLTAGE-OFF STATE;

DEFORMATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DOMES; DROP FORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 78549237470     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.003826     Document Type: Article

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