Microfluidic cell counter with embedded optical fibers fabricated by femtosecond laser ablation and anodic bonding

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6068-6073

  Schafer, Dwan ^a   Gibson, Emily A ^b,c   Salim, Evan A ^b   Palmer, Amy E ^b   Jimenez, Ralph ^b   Squier, Jeff ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; LASER ABLATION; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ANODIC BONDING; EMBEDDED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROFLUIDIC CELL;

FIBER BONDING;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65549097159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006068     Document Type: Article

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