Fabrication of transmissive dielectric elastomer actuator driven tunable optical gratings with improved tunability

Manu Bala Krishnan; Samuel Rosset; Shanti Bhattacharya; Herbert R. Shea

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.4.047104

12 April 2016 Fabrication of transmissive dielectric elastomer actuator driven tunable optical gratings with improved tunability

Manu Bala Krishnan, Samuel Rosset, Shanti Bhattacharya, Herbert R. Shea

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 4, 047104 (April 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.4.047104

Abstract

We present an electrically actuated tunable optical grating based on dielectric elastomer actuators. A simple fabrication protocol is presented, which integrates the grating with the actuating mechanism both made of soft elastomers, improving the tunability of the grating. The device is designed to be operated in the transmission mode. It exhibits a continuous period tunability of 34.4% at an actuation voltage of 5.5 kV, which is an improvement over reported tunable optical gratings.

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Manu Bala Krishnan, Samuel Rosset, Shanti Bhattacharya, and Herbert R. Shea "Fabrication of transmissive dielectric elastomer actuator driven tunable optical gratings with improved tunability," Optical Engineering 55(4), 047104 (12 April 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.4.047104

Published: 12 April 2016

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