Electroelastic optical fiber positioning with submicrometer accuracy : model and experiment
- We present accurate electromechanical measurements on a balanced push-pull dielectric elastomer actuator, demonstrating submicrometer accurate position control. An analytical model based on a simplified pure-shear dielectric elastomer film with prestretch is found to capture the voltage-displacement behavior, with reduced output due to the boundary conditions. Two complementary experiments show that actuation coefficients of 0.5-1 nm/V-2 are obtainable with the demonstrated device, enabling motion control with submicrometer accuracy in a voltage range below 200 V.
Author details: | Guggi Kofod, Denis N. Mc Carthy, Jan Krissler, Günter Lang, Grace Jordan |
---|---|
URL: | http://apl.aip.org/ |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3134002 |
ISSN: | 0003-6951 |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2009 |
Publication year: | 2009 |
Release date: | 2017/03/25 |
Source: | Applied physics letters. - ISSN 0003-6951. - 94 (2009), 20, Art. 202901 |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
Peer review: | Referiert |