Interaction of guided light in rib polymer waveguides with dielectrophoretically controlled nanoparticles |
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Authors: | Aminuddin A. Kayani Adam F. Chrimes Khashayar Khoshmanesh Vijay Sivan Eike Zeller Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh Arnan Mitchell |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia;(2) Centre for Intelligent Systems Research, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, 3217, Australia |
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Abstract: | This work demonstrates an optofluidic system, where dielectrophoretically controlled suspended nanoparticles are used to manipulate the properties of an optical waveguide. This optofluidic device is composed of a multimode polymeric rib waveguide and a microfluidic channel as its upper cladding. This channel integrates dielectrophoretic (DEP) microelectrodes and is infiltrated with suspended silica and tungsten trioxide nanoparticles. By applying electrical signals with various intensities and frequencies to the DEP microelectrodes, the nanoparticles can be concentrated close to the waveguide surface significantly altering the optical properties in this region. Depending on the particle refractive indices, concentrations, positions and dimensions, the light remains confined or is scattered into the surrounding media in the microfluidic channel. |
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