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Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics

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  • Demetri Psaltis

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Stephen R. Quake

    (Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford)

  • Changhuei Yang

    (California Institute of Technology)

Abstract

We describe devices in which optics and fluidics are used synergistically to synthesize novel functionalities. Fluidic replacement or modification leads to reconfigurable optical systems, whereas the implementation of optics through the microfluidic toolkit gives highly compact and integrated devices. We categorize optofluidics according to three broad categories of interactions: fluid–solid interfaces, purely fluidic interfaces and colloidal suspensions. We describe examples of optofluidic devices in each category.

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  • Demetri Psaltis & Stephen R. Quake & Changhuei Yang, 2006. "Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics," Nature, Nature, vol. 442(7101), pages 381-386, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:442:y:2006:i:7101:d:10.1038_nature05060
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05060
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    1. Keivan Mahmoud Aghdami & Abdullah Rahnama & Erden Ertorer & Peter R. Herman, 2021. "Laser nano-filament explosion for enabling open-grating sensing in optical fibre," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-10, December.

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