Waveguide arrays for light harvesting in microfluidic chips

Surya S. Guduru; Petra Paiè; Serena Bolis; Roberto Osellame; Roberta Ramponi; Tersilla Virgili; Krishna C. Vishnubhatla

doi:10.1117/1.OE.53.7.071811

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4 February 2014 Waveguide arrays for light harvesting in microfluidic chips

Surya S. Guduru, Petra Paiè, Serena Bolis, Roberto Osellame, Roberta Ramponi, Tersilla Virgili, Krishna C. Vishnubhatla

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Optical Engineering, 53(7), 071811 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.7.071811

Abstract

We demonstrate a way of light harvesting in integrated microfluidic chips fabricated by femtosecond laser micromachining. The architecture consists of waveguide arrays fabricated in the vicinity of the microchannel filled with a fluorescent organic solution (e.g., polyfluorene solution). Amplified spontaneous emission from the microchannel is efficiently coupled by the waveguides to the outside of the chip.

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Surya S. Guduru, Petra Paiè, Serena Bolis, Roberto Osellame, Roberta Ramponi, Tersilla Virgili, and Krishna C. Vishnubhatla "Waveguide arrays for light harvesting in microfluidic chips," Optical Engineering 53(7), 071811 (4 February 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.7.071811

Published: 4 February 2014

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