• DocumentCode
    1427506
  • Title

    Fluorescence capture by planar waveguide as platform for optical sensors

  • Author

    Gouin, J.-F. ; Doyle, A. ; MacCraith, B.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. Sci., Dublin City Univ., Ireland
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    8/20/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1685
  • Lastpage
    1687
  • Abstract
    A novel generic configuration for fluorescence-based optical sensors is presented. The measurand-sensitive fluorescence emitted from a dye-doped sol-gel film is captured efficiently and guided along a planar waveguide. The anisotropy of the fluorescence emission results in the angular separation of the excitation light and fluorescence emission which may eliminate the need for optical filters
  • Keywords
    fluorescence; optical planar waveguides; optical sensors; optical waveguide components; sol-gel processing; angular separation; dye-doped sol-gel film; excitation light; fluorescence capture; fluorescence emission; generic configuration; measurand-sensitive fluorescence; optical sensors; planar waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19981124
  • Filename
    715295