In-plane integration of polymer microfluidic channels with optical waveguides a preliminary investigation

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1627-1632

  Sheridan, A K ^a   Stewart, George ^a   Ur Reyman, H ^b   Suyal, Navin ^b   Uttamchandani, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Exxelis Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluidics; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Integrated optics; Optical planar waveguide components

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHARACTERISATION; DETECTION LIMITS; DEVICE DESIGN; DIRECT EXCITATION; EXCITATION LIGHT; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; IN-CHIP; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE INTEGRATION; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LOW COSTS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MULTI-MODE WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL DETECTION TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; POLYMER MICROFLUIDICS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS; SODIUM; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 70350656093     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2030073     Document Type: Article

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