Controlled optical lensing in ferrofluids

Authors

Paul Leonard Hilario National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Danica Linda Mancenido National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Mark Jayson Villangca National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Giovanni A. Tapang National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

The use of a ferrofluid layer as an optical lens for a a laser beam is investigated. The beam was found to diverge proportional to an increase of incident power. Upon the application of an external magnetic field that is oppositely directed to the propagation of the incident light, the divergence decreases with increasing magnitude of the magnetic field, indicating that the light is focused. The results show the feasibility of using ferrofluids as a controllable magnetic lens.

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Issue

2009: Proceedings of the 27th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2009-4A-04

Section

Instrumentation and Optics

Published

2009-10-28

How to Cite

[1]

PL Hilario, DL Mancenido, MJ Villangca, and GA Tapang, Controlled optical lensing in ferrofluids, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 27, SPP-2009-4A-04 (2009). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2009-4A-04.