Title :
Large core polymer waveguides for optical backplanes in microfluidic systems
Author :
Lee, Kevin ; Lee, Harry L T ; Ram, Rajeev J.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
A platform is developed which utilizes polymer materials used for the chips to create waveguide based optical components. With the fabrication method demonstrated, waveguides, power splitters, combiners and bends can be introduced and integrated cheaply into existing biochips
Keywords :
biological techniques; integrated optics; microfluidics; optical backplanes; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical waveguides; biochips; integrated optics; microfluidic systems; optical backplanes; polymer waveguides; Backplanes; Biological materials; Biomedical optical imaging; Microfluidics; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2006 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0090-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2006.1693970
