Title :
Large core polymer optical backplanes for fluorescence detection
Author :
Lee, Kevin ; Lee, Harry L T ; Ram, Rajeev J.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Multimode polymer waveguides and out-of-plane bends are fabricated to create a waveguide sensor array capable of excitation and detection of fluorescence based sensors.
Keywords :
fibre optic sensors; fluorescence; optical backplanes; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical waveguides; sensor arrays; fluorescence based sensors; fluorescence detection; large core polymer optical backplanes; multimode polymer waveguides; out-of-plane bends; waveguide sensor array; Backplanes; Biological information theory; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Fluorescence; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; (130.6010) Sensors; (160.4670) Optical materials; (160.5470) Polymers; (220.4830) Optical systems design; (230.7370) Waveguides; (300.6280) Spectroscopy, fluorescence and luminescence;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627860
