Polymer waveguide based biosensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7138, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bruck, Roman ^a   Hainberger, Rainers ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Grating couplers; High index coating; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Polymer; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFECTIVE FABRICATION; COUPLING STRENGTHS; DISPOSABLE SENSORS; EVANESCENT WAVE SENSING; GRATING COUPLERS; HIGH INDEX COATING; HIGH-INDEX; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INJECTION MOULDING; LABEL-FREE DETECTION; NOVEL POLYMERS; OPTICAL BIO-SENSORS; POLYMER GRATINGS; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; SENSOR CONCEPTS; SINGLE MODE WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE GRATING;

INJECTION MOLDING; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 66749172885     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.817987     Document Type: Conference Paper

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