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Simulation of beam steering control in arrayed liquid prisms system based on electrowetting-on-dielectric

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In this paper, an arrayed liquid prisms system based on electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) is proposed to modulate the three-dimensional beam steering control. The relationships between beam steering control range, electrowetting contact angle, and liquid refractive index are derived. COMSOL is employed to demonstrate the beam steering control properties of the electrowetting-based arrayed liquid prisms when bias voltages are applied. The influence of contact angle, liquid refractive index, and interval between adjacent prisms are discussed. The results show that the beam steering control performance of the system will be greatly improved, and the range of beam steering angle is −20° to 20° by selecting optimum combinations of liquids and rational interval between adjacent prisms. The arrayed liquid prisms system can succeed to achieve continuous control of beam steering in a conical region with an apex angle of 40°, and the vertex of the circular cone is located at the 15.02 mm in the z-axis. The proposed system will promote the development of non-mechanical beam steering technology and have a wide range of applications.

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  1. Center of Optofluidic Technology, College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Wen-jie Zhang  (张雯洁), Rui Zhao  (赵瑞), Mei-mei Kong  (孔梅梅), Tao Chen  (陈陶), Jian-fei Guan  (关建飞) & Zhong-cheng Liang  (梁忠诚)

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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61775102), the Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61905117), the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (No.KYCX19_0970), and the Technology Foundation of Basic Enhancement Program (No.2019_JCJQ_JJ_446).

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Zhang, Wj., Zhao, R., Kong, Mm. et al. Simulation of beam steering control in arrayed liquid prisms system based on electrowetting-on-dielectric. Optoelectron. Lett. 16, 321–326 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-020-9167-1

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