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  • Tunable liquid lens for thr...
    Gilinsky, Samuel D.; Jung, Diane N.; Futia, Greg L.; Zohrabi, Mo; Welton, Tarah A.; Supekar, Omkar D.; Gibson, Emily A.; Restrepo, Diego; Bright, Victor M.; Gopinath, Juliet T.

    Biomedical optics express, 05/2024, Letnik: 15, Številka: 5
    Journal Article

    We demonstrate a novel electrowetting liquid combination using a room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) and a nonpolar liquid, 1-phenyl-1-cyclohexene (PCH) suitable for focus-tunable 3-photon microscopy. We show that both liquids have over 90% transmission at 1300 nm over a 1.1 mm pathlength and an index of refraction contrast of 0.123. A lens using these liquids can be tuned from a contact angle of 133 to 48° with applied voltages of 0 and 60 V, respectively. Finally, a three-photon imaging system including an RTIL electrowetting lens was used to image a mouse brain slice. Axial scans taken with an electrowetting lens show excellent agreement with images acquired using a mechanically scanned objective.