Title :
Monolithic photonics-microfluidics integration for micrototal analysis systems
Author :
Lien, Victor ; Berdichevsky, Yevgeny ; Lo, Yu-Hwa ; Khandurina, Julia ; Guttman, Andras
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the monolithic integration of waveguides and microfluidic channels using same material, PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane). We also developed two different schemes of integration. Both of them show precise alignment and robust structure. These techniques hold great promise of expanding functionality of micrototal analysis systems with photonic integrated circuits.
Keywords :
integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; microfluidics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical polymers; optical waveguides; microfluidic channels; micrototal analysis system; monolithic integration; monolithic photonics-microfluidics integration; photonic integrated circuits; polydimethylsiloxane; precise alignment; robust structure; waveguides; Biochemical analysis; Biomedical optical imaging; DNA; Microfluidics; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical computing; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
