Entry Date:
June 2, 2016

Reconfigurable, Emulsion-Based Micro Lenses

Principal Investigator Mathias Kolle


Tunable micro-optical elements are formed from complex emulsions. The resulting micro lenses can be controllably reconfigured using a variety of stimuli. Potential applications include stereoscopic imaging devices in microfluidics, integral imaging displays, autonomous light coupling enhancers for photovoltaics and self-adjusting fiber-couplers.