Title :
Lab-on-a-chip for optical manipulation of single cells
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Photonics & Nanotechnol., Milan, Italy
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We present a new class of integrated optical devices, fabricated by femtosecond laser micromachining, that allows for mechanical probing, fluorescence detection and sorting of single cells by means of optical forces inside a microfluidic chip.
Keywords :
cellular biophysics; fluorescence; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; lab-on-a-chip; laser beam machining; microfluidics; femtosecond laser micromachining; fluorescence detection; integrated optical devices; lab-on-a-chip; mechanical probing; microfluidic chip; optical forces; optical manipulation; single cells; Biomedical optical imaging; Fluorescence; Optical buffering; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600172
