Title :
Optical waveguides for microfluidic integration
Author :
Ram, Rajeev J. ; Lee, Kevin
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A scalable polymer backplane for dense integration of photonics with lab-on-a-chip systems is presented. A high-throughput cell culture chip employing waveguides for monitoring and control of culture conditions is used to illustrate integration options.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; optical waveguides; polymers; cell culture chip; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidic integration; optical waveguide; photonics integration; scalable polymer backplane; Backplanes; Fluorescence; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Microfluidics; Optical filters; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Sensor arrays;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343106
