Title :
Low loss DNA biopolymer optical waveguide
Author :
Yang, X. ; Wang, Z.Y. ; Zhou, J. ; Wong, C.-Y. ; Pun, E.Y.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
Abstract :
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) biopolymer was used as optical waveguide core material, and reactive ion-beam etching process was used to form channel waveguides. The etching conditions were optimized and the waveguides were characterized optically.
Keywords :
DNA; biological techniques; etching; micro-optics; optical waveguides; polymers; DNA biopolymer optical waveguide; channel waveguides; deoxyribonucleic acid biopolymer; reactive ion beam etching; Biomedical optical imaging; DNA; Etching; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343108
