DocumentCode
411695
Title
Monolithic photonics-microfluidics integration for micrototal analysis systems
Author
Lien, Victor ; Berdichevsky, Yevgeny ; Lo, Yu-Hwa ; Khandurina, Julia ; Guttman, Andras
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
We demonstrate the monolithic integration of waveguides and microfluidic channels using same material, PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane). We also developed two different schemes of integration. Both of them show precise alignment and robust structure. These techniques hold great promise of expanding functionality of micrototal analysis systems with photonic integrated circuits.
Keywords
integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; microfluidics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical polymers; optical waveguides; microfluidic channels; micrototal analysis system; monolithic integration; monolithic photonics-microfluidics integration; photonic integrated circuits; polydimethylsiloxane; precise alignment; robust structure; waveguides; Biochemical analysis; Biomedical optical imaging; DNA; Microfluidics; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical computing; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-748-2
Type
conf
Filename
1297775
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