液体透镜发展现状

文章介绍了液体变焦透镜的发展现状.从压力型液体透镜到纯电力控制的液体-空气界面的透镜,再到操作较为灵便的运用"电浸润"方法控制的封闭式液-液界面透镜,最后到能自动调节光轴的改进型透镜,文章均进行了介绍,其中着重介绍了改进型液体透镜的结构、运作机理、自动调节光轴的功能及其他优异的性能.     

含有圆孔平板电极结构的双凸液体透镜的设计与分析

基于平行平板电极的变焦液体透镜的有关研究,通过应用介电泳效应,提出了一种含有圆孔平板电极结构的双凸液体透镜模型,是一种新型的三层液体透镜结构.利用Comsol,Matlab和Zemax软件仿真分析了该模型在不同电压下的面型变化与成像光路,得出其变焦范围为22.6—15.9 mm,并对制备的器件进行具体的实验分析,获得了不同电压下双凸液体透镜的液滴上下界面面型和该透镜的变焦范围23.8—17.5 mm,与仿真结果基本一致,而且其成像分辨率可达到45.255 lp/mm.结果表明,所提出的这种新型三层液体结构的双凸液体透镜具有结构简单、易于实现的特点,而且具备良好的成像质量.     

双液体变焦透镜变焦迟滞现象的研究

通过引入接触线摩擦力,建立了基于双液体变焦透镜内壁的液液固三相系统接触线的力学物理模型,重新对非理想状态下液液固三相系统接触线进行了受力分析.在此基础上,对杨氏方程进行了改进,合理地解释了双液体变焦透镜的变焦迟滞现象.通过对疏水介电层厚度为2 μm的双液体变焦透镜进行加电压变焦实验,给出了双液体透镜的焦距与电压之间的迟...     

用液芯柱透镜测量液体折射率

制作了一种液芯变焦柱透镜并将其用于精确测量液体的折射率.在空心的柱透镜内注入待测折射率的液体,通过测量液芯透镜的焦距,根据焦距和折射率之间的关系,计算出液芯介质的折射率.此方法有效地提高了折射率测量的灵敏度,减小了测量系统的景深.选取×20倍显微物镜可实现液体折射率1.3～1.642范围内的精确测量,单次测量误差小于0.000 2.     

模型二元有序合金固液界面结构的分子动力学研究

采用分子动力学方法,研究了模型二元有序合金体系的平衡界面结构和界面处原子的扩散行为.计算结果表明,该二元有序合金的固液界面属于光滑界面.由于固体中同时存在结构和化学有序,从而导致界面处的原子结构与单质以及异质固液界面的结构明显不同.在界面法向方向上,粒子数密度呈复杂的波动行为,并延伸到液体中约30 (A).对界面层的二维结构分析表明,固液转变层部分原子形成了二维固体团簇.从固体到液体,扩散系数从零逐渐增加到一个饱和值.在界面处附近,平行于界面方向的扩散系数明显比垂直于界面方向的大.     

热驱动微光学

通过实例研究和近期报道的文献,论述了热驱动微光学的研究进展。驱动器主要通过应用在液体和液气界面的压力来调控光学微流体,包括微镜片和薄膜微透镜,热驱动器利用芯片上的温度变化产生所需要的压力差,从而对微透镜进行调控。同时还讨论了用于微光学结构的各种设备、结构、液体和膜材料,并提供了典型操作特性。     

测量液体折射率的一种新方法——液芯柱透镜散焦宽度法

本文提出了一种基于消球差复合液芯柱透镜快速、准确测量液体折射率的新方法——液芯柱透镜散焦宽度法.该方法利用消球差复合液芯柱透镜在较宽折射率范围内系统球差小、成像准确的特点,基于不同折射率在成像系统上呈现一一对应的散焦图像,仅需采集一幅散焦图像即可得到待测液体的折射率.用该方法测量了室温(20℃)下21组不同液体的折射率,测量结果与用阿贝折射仪测量结果一致,用ZEMAX和光线追迹逐面成像法仿真的散焦宽度图像与实验图像一致.用该方法测量液体折射率具有系统简单、稳定性好、操作简便、测量速度快等特点.     

电湿效应变焦光学系统的设计与分析

与传统的通过电机调节透镜相对位置达到变焦目的设计完全不同,提出了一种设计无机械运动变焦光学系统的新方法.利用亥姆霍兹自由能最小化方法推导出适合双液体变焦透镜的杨氏方程,将以气液固三相系统为基础的传统杨式方程扩展到了液液固三相系统.以圆柱结构的双液体变焦透镜为组分设计了一种新型的变焦光学系统,分析了系统在外加电压作用下使焦距变化的同时又能保持像面不变时必须满足的条件.模拟结果表明该系统的变倍比大约可达到1:1.5.     

液体变焦技术的发展与展望

介绍一种非移动式变焦技术一液体变焦技术。对国内外液体变焦技术的科研成果进行了归纳和总结,介绍了液体变焦透镜的基本原理及实现形式,分析了液体透镜的优异性能及其对光学领域的影响。根据液体变焦技术的发展现状和工程应用情况,指出液体变焦技术目前的研究重点主要应放在如何克服温度场和重力场对液体透镜性能的影响等机理研究,液体透镜的离轴系统和非对称系统的设计以及加速液体透镜的产品化等工作上。     

基于液芯柱透镜实现透明液体质量分数的测量

通过测量基于聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)基片的液芯柱透镜的后焦距,可实现液体折射率的快速测量;根据液体质量分数与折射率之间的良好线性关系,准确计算出待测透明液体的质量分数.搭建光学测量系统,以NaCl溶液和蔗糖溶液为例,构建了液体质量分数与液体折射率的关系模型,实现了溶液质量分数的测量,并对其测量不确定度进行了分析.基于PDMS基片的液芯柱透镜对注入其中的液体折射率的最小分辨能力优于0.000 2 RIU,质量分数测量不确定度可控制在0.12%以内.该测量方法适用于微量液体折射率及质量分数的测量.     

液滴透镜在电场中的变形研究

利用电场作用操控液滴面形获得非球面液滴透镜,并实时检测其光学性能,利用紫外光固化技术使液滴透镜固化得到固体非球面透镜.实验测量了液滴透镜的面形并经过图像处理提取面形轮廓,经多项式拟合得出液滴透镜的面形表达式.比较了不同强度电场作用下的液滴透镜面形,计算了主曲率随电场的变化规律,讨论了液滴透镜在电场中的变形机制;根据透镜面形表达式,采用光线追迹法得出了液滴透镜的焦距随电场的变化规律,结合ZEMAX软件计算了3 550 V时液滴透镜的最大波像差为0.32个波长,Strehl Ratio为0.74,及光学传递函数等参数,计算了所制作的非球面透镜的像差,为低像差非球面透镜的研制提供了依据.     

液滴透镜在电场中的变形研究

利用电场作用操控液滴面形获得非球面液滴透镜,并实时检测其光学性能,利用紫外光固化技术使液滴透镜固化得到固体非球面透镜.实验测量了液滴透镜的面形并经过图像处理提取面形轮廓,经多项式拟合得出液滴透镜的面形表达式.比较了不同强度电场作用下的液滴透镜面形,计算了主曲率随电场的变化规律,讨论了液滴透镜在电场中的变形机制|根据透镜面形表达式,采用光线追迹法得出了液滴透镜的焦距随电场的变化规律,结合ZEMAX软件计算了3 550 V时液滴透镜的最大波像差为0.32个波长,Strehl Ratio为0.74,及光学传递函数等参数,计算了所制作的非球面透镜的像差,为低像差非球面透镜的研制提供了依据.     

Simple and high efficient optical trapping using a cylindrical lens and a single plane wave of incidence

We suggest a simple and high efficient method for trapping particles in the evanescent field. In this method, a single plane wave is normally incident on the cylindrical surface of a cylindrical lens and then incident on the plane surface of the lens at an angle larger than the critical angle. Multiple reflections of light within the cylindrical lens create two evanescent waves with different directions in the transmitted field. Interference of two evanescent waves comes into being a standing wave which can stably trap particles close to the top of the cylindrical lens. Based on the Rayleigh approximation, we obtain analytical expressions of optical force acting on a Rayleigh particle placed in the vicinity of the lens. We find that the trap stiffness and trap depth is dependent on the radius of the cylindrical lens, wavelength and polarization of light, and incident angle at the lens–liquid interface.     

Analysis of natural frequency for imaging interface in liquid lens

Transmission beam can be modulated at the liquid–liquid interface inside an electrowetting liquid lens. The fluctuation characteristics of the interface has a decisive effect on the beam modulation. A closed cylinder in capillary constant scale is analyzed and the natural frequencies of a flat interface are obtained using capillary wave hydrodynamics. Results in modes0 and 1 are in good agreement with previous experiments in the literature. The influences of the radius, the height ratio and the height-to-diameter ratio of a liquid lens on the interface eigenfrequencies are analyzed.     

Focal length measurement of a varifocal liquid lens with capacitance detection

This paper reports on a detailed deformation model of varifocal liquid lenses fabricated by Parylene-on-liquid-deposition (POLD), which can be applied to measure and adjust the focal length of such lenses without using extra sensors or sensing mechanisms. The lens was fabricated by encapsulating a liquid between a transparent electrode and a polymer film that was covered with a metal electrode. When voltage is applied to the two electrodes, the lens deforms due to the electrostatic force, and its focal length and the capacitance between the two electrodes change simultaneously. This characteristic enables the focal length of the lens to be adjusted and detected by measuring the capacitance change. The focal length of the fabricated varifocal liquid lens changed from 153.6 to 82.6 mm by applying 150-V. The focal length change of the liquid lens was calculated from the change in its capacitance. Finally, to confirm the efficiency of this varifocal liquid lens, we fabricated a confocal distance sensor using the lens for laser scanning and demonstrated that this system can be used to measure distances of 94–140 mm with an average error of 0.83 mm and a standard deviation of 0.77 mm.     

Nanoscale deformation of a liquid surface

We study the interaction between a solid particle and a liquid interface. A semianalytical solution of the nonlinear equation that describes the interface deformation points out the existence of a bifurcation behavior for the apex deformation as a function of the distance. We show that the apex curvature obeys a simple power-law dependency on the deformation. Relationships between physical parameters disclose the threshold distance at which the particle can approach the liquid before capillarity provokes a "jump to contact." A prediction of the interface original position before deformation takes place, as well as the attraction force measured by an approaching probe, are produced. The results of our analysis agree with the force curves obtained from atomic force microscopy experiments over a liquid puddle.     

Disposable flow cytometer with high efficiency in particle counting and sizing using an optofluidic lens

Flow cytometers are widely applied to environmental monitoring, industrial testing, and biochemical studies. Integrating a flow cytometer into microfluidic networks helps to miniaturize the system and make it portable for field use. The integration of optical components, such as lenses, further improves the compactness and thus has been intensively studied recently. However, the current designs suffer from severe light scattering due to the roughness of the solid-based lens interface. In this Letter, we propose a flow cytometer using an optofluidic lens to focus the light beam. Benefiting from the smooth liquid-liquid lens interface and the refractive-index matching liquid as cladding streams, a light beam can be well focused without scattering. The variations of the signal peak values are reduced, owing to the small beam width at the beam waist. The device presents an efficient and accurate performance on both the counting and sizing of particles.     

The interface shape of the double-liquid lens

In this article, a differential equation, which describes the shape of the liquid interface in a cylindrical chamber when the density difference of two liquids is zero, is provided. And an analytical solution is found for the differential equation which indicates the interface shape is spherical. And such a result is not independent on the vessel size. In experiment, by means of measuring the focal lengths of liquid lenses with different vessel size, the results show that the focal lengths ratio is quite approximate to the inner radius ratio of the cylindrical chamber, which can inversely verifies that the interface shape of liquid lens with two same density liquids is spherical.     

气泡碰壁受力模型和反弹规律

对Mo=10-8~10-12及Re=5~750范围内的上升气泡与壁面垂直碰撞问题进行了理论求解，研究了不同控制参数下气泡碰壁反弹的规律.气泡上升和碰撞过程的运动方程考虑了浮力、液体阻力、附加质量力和与壁面碰撞时引起的薄膜诱导力.气泡碰壁过程气泡界面与壁面形成的液膜厚度变化规律由Stokes-Reynolds方程计算得到.膜内气泡变形引起的流体压强采用Young-Laplace方程求解.结果表明，基于SRYL方程的薄膜诱导力模型可以很好地预测不同Reynolds数下气泡0到多次的反弹轨迹，计算结果与实验结果吻合良好.气泡在碰壁反弹过程中会形成丰富的薄膜形状，如酒窝状变形，丘疹状变形和涟漪状变形.气泡界面变形会引起膜内压强的变化，压强的分布规律与气泡界面形状有着重要的关系.气泡在与壁面碰撞的过程中，薄膜诱导力会起主导作用，且随着Reynolds数的增加薄膜诱导力最大量级增大.气泡碰撞壁面时，反弹次数与Reynolds数有着直接的联系，不同Morton数下的气泡均在相同Reynolds数附近发生气泡反弹次数的变化.