Multimode interference devices for focusing in microfluidic channels |
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Authors: | Hunt Hamish C Wilkinson James S |
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Affiliation: | Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. |
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Abstract: | Low-cost, compact, automated optical microsystems for chemical analysis, such as microflow cytometers for identification of individual biological cells, require monolithically integrated microlenses for focusing in microfluidic channels, to enable high-resolution scattering and fluorescence measurements. The multimode interference device (MMI), which makes use of self-imaging in multimode waveguides, is shown to be a simple and effective alternative to the microlens for microflow cytometry. The MMIs have been designed, realized, and integrated with microfluidic channels in a silica-based glass waveguide material system. Focal spot sizes of 2.4 μm for MMIs have been measured at foci as far as 43.7 μm into the microfluidic channel. |
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