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blade of grass, 83 convection, 147
blood flow sensor, 25 convective mixing, 165
Blue ray, 17 convergence angle, 90
bow–tie probe, 18 corner prisms, 182
bow-tie antenna, 197 correlation, 158
broken microobject, 121 counterpropagating coaxially aligned
Brownian motion, 111, 212 optical fibers, 98, 110
Brownian movement, 106 coupling coefficient, 36, 61
brush tip recording, 193 Courant condition, 173
BTB, 164 coverslip, 104
bubble pit, 211 creep, 181
bubble pit formation, 205 crescent-shaped region, 193
bulk micromachining, 3, 16 cross-channel mixers, 163
buoyant force, 88 cross-sectional shape, 152
curvature, 70, 95
carrier density, 40 cutoff frequency, 180
carrier to noise ratio (CNR), 198 cylindrical body, 124
cavity length, 33 cylindrical optical rotor with slopes, 127
CCD camera, 104 cylindrical PZT, 181
CD, 193 cylindrical-body drag force, 144
central differences, 170
CFD, 143 deep reactive ion etching (DRIE), 17
CFX, 136 deformation, 11
chamber, 104 depth of focus, 130
chaotic flow, 163 design tradeoffs, 76
chaotic-like mixing, 163 dichroic mirror, 104
circularly polarized light, 86 diffraction limit for detection, 200
cleaved fiber trap, 109 diffraction limit resolution, 117
CMP, 14 diffraction-limited spot, 193
color aberration, 188 diffractive effect, 112
comb-drive actuator, 12 diffusion, 18
commercial computational fluid diffusion coefficient, 146
dynamics, 136 digital micromirror device (DMD), 14
commercialization, 29 digital versatile disk (DVD), 17
compact disc (CD), 17 discrepancy, 105, 108
compatible optical head, 17 discrete block format (DBF), 61
completely amorphous, 206 dispersed Ag particles, 204
complex cavity, 60 dissymmetrical microobjects, 121
compliance, 113 distributed feedback laser diode (DFB
composite cavity LD, 42 LD), 26
composite cavity signal, 52 donut, 133
conceptual frameworks, 1 downward-directed, 103
constant distance mode, 180 drag force, 104, 138, 213
constant height mode, 180 DVD, 193
contact start/stop (CSS), 66 dye, 194
continuity equation, 137 dynamic range, 182
continuous wave YAG, 115
contour lines, 138 edge-emitting LD, 22, 50
contour map, 72 effective reflectivity, 35, 61
