An integrated fluorescence array as a platform for lab-on-a-chip technology using multimode interference splitters

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1315-1320

  Cleary, Alison ^a,b,e   García Blanco, Sonia ^a,c   Glidle, Andrew ^b   Stewart Aitchison, J ^a,b,d   Laybourn, Peter ^b,f,g   Cooper, Jonathan M ^b  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Glasgow ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron beam applications; Fluidics; Fluorescence; Multimode waveguides; Optical waveguides; Optoelectronic devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM APPLICATIONS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS;

ARRAYS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; FLUORESCENCE; GERMANIUM; HYDROLYSIS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICA;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 29044444579     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.857880     Document Type: Article

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