Optical sensing by femtosecond laser written waveguides in a microfluidic chip for capillary electrophoresis

Author

Martinez-Vazquez, R. ; Osellame, R. ; Cretich, M. ; Chiari, M. ; Dongre, C. ; Hoekstra, H.J.W.M. ; van den Vlekkert, H.H. ; Ramponi, R. ; Pollnau, M. ; Cerullo, G.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fis., Politec. di Milano, Ist. di Fotonica e Nanotecnol. del CNR, Milan, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Femtosecond-laser-written optical waveguides are integrated into a commercial capillary electrophoresis chip. A fluorescence detection scheme is implemented, resulting in a compact device. Testing is performed by electrophoresis and detection of a 1-nM oligonucleotide plug.

Keywords

electrophoresis; fluorescence; optical sensors; optical waveguides; commercial capillary electrophoresis chip; femtosecond laser written waveguides; fluorescence detection scheme; microfluidic chip; oligonucleotide plug; optical sensing; Electrokinetics; Fluorescence; Integrated optics; Microfluidics; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Performance evaluation; Testing; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; (130.2755) Glass waveguides; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (140.3390) Laser materials processing; (260.2510) Fluorescence; (280.1415) Biological sensing and sensors; (280.4788) Optical sensing and sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224324