Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Polymeric, electrically tunable diffraction grating based on artificial muscles

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We demonstrate a low-cost, electrically tunable diffraction grating that is driven by a dielectric elastomer actuator. The angular tuning range of the polymer-based device is up to 118mrad for the first diffracted order. The achievable grating period change of 32% is an improvement by more than a factor of 150 compared with existing analog tunable diffraction gratings based on hard materials. We show that in combination with a white light source, the presented diffraction grating can be used as a wavelength-adjustable luminous source. Such an illuminant has a potential application in inexpensive color displays that could reproduce all perceivable colors.

© 2006 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Tuning of structural color using a dielectric actuator and multifunctional compliant electrodes

Zhao H. Fang, Christian Punckt, Eva Y. Leung, Hannes C. Schniepp, and Ilhan A. Aksay
Appl. Opt. 49(35) 6689-6696 (2010)

Tunable resonance-domain diffraction gratings based on electrostrictive polymers

Ramon Axelrod, Yosi Shacham-Diamand, and Michael A. Golub
Appl. Opt. 56(7) 1817-1825 (2017)

Voltage-controlled compression for period tuning of optical surface relief gratings

Matthias Kollosche, Sebastian Döring, Joachim Stumpe, and Guggi Kofod
Opt. Lett. 36(8) 1389-1391 (2011)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (3)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (2)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved