Bi-phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems
Micro-scale optical components play a critical role in many applications, in particular when these components are capable of dynamically responding to different stimuli with a controlled variation of their optical behavior. Here, we discuss the potential of micro-scale bi-phase emulsion droplets as...
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| author | Nagelberg, Sara Nicole Goodling, Amy Subramanian, Kaushikaram Barbastathis, George Kreysing, Moritz Swager, Tim Zarzar, Lauren Kolle, Mathias |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Nagelberg, Sara Nicole Goodling, Amy Subramanian, Kaushikaram Barbastathis, George Kreysing, Moritz Swager, Tim Zarzar, Lauren Kolle, Mathias |
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| description | Micro-scale optical components play a critical role in many applications, in particular when these components are capable of dynamically responding to different stimuli with a controlled variation of their optical behavior. Here, we discuss the potential of micro-scale bi-phase emulsion droplets as a material platform for dynamic fluid optical components. Such droplets act as liquid compound micro-lenses with dynamically tunable focal lengths. They can be reconfigured to focus or scatter light and form images. In addition, we discuss how these droplets can be used to create iridescent structural color with large angular spectral separation. Experimental demonstrations of the emulsion droplet optics are complemented by theoretical analysis and wave-optical modelling. Finally, we provide evidence of the droplets utility as fluidic optical elements in potential application scenarios. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1261652022-10-01T02:42:06Z Bi-phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems Nagelberg, Sara Nicole Goodling, Amy Subramanian, Kaushikaram Barbastathis, George Kreysing, Moritz Swager, Tim Zarzar, Lauren Kolle, Mathias Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering Micro-scale optical components play a critical role in many applications, in particular when these components are capable of dynamically responding to different stimuli with a controlled variation of their optical behavior. Here, we discuss the potential of micro-scale bi-phase emulsion droplets as a material platform for dynamic fluid optical components. Such droplets act as liquid compound micro-lenses with dynamically tunable focal lengths. They can be reconfigured to focus or scatter light and form images. In addition, we discuss how these droplets can be used to create iridescent structural color with large angular spectral separation. Experimental demonstrations of the emulsion droplet optics are complemented by theoretical analysis and wave-optical modelling. Finally, we provide evidence of the droplets utility as fluidic optical elements in potential application scenarios. 2020-07-14T02:13:19Z 2020-07-14T02:13:19Z 2019 2020-06-22T18:49:53Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2100-014X https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126165 Nagelberg, Sara et al. "Bi-phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems." EPJ Web of Conferences 215 (2019): 13003 © 2019 The Authors en http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921513003 EPJ Web of Conferences Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf EDP Sciences EPJ Web of Conferences |
| spellingShingle | Nagelberg, Sara Nicole Goodling, Amy Subramanian, Kaushikaram Barbastathis, George Kreysing, Moritz Swager, Tim Zarzar, Lauren Kolle, Mathias Bi-phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems |
| title | Bi-phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems |
| title_full | Bi-phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems |
| title_fullStr | Bi-phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bi-phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems |
| title_short | Bi-phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems |
| title_sort | bi phase emulsion droplets as dynamic fluid optical systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126165 |
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