Print Email Facebook Twitter Optofluidics: A new tool for sensing Title Optofluidics: A new tool for sensing Author Testa, G. Persichetti, G. Zeni, L. Sarro, P.M. Bernini, R. Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Microelectronics Date 2013-12-31 Abstract Over the last years optofluidics has emerged as a very promising field. The integration at microscopic level between optics and microfluidics provides a number of unique characteristics that cannot be obtained with solid materials only. This paper briefly reviews the state of the art on optofluidics for sensing applications. We first describe the different approaches in order to realized optofluidic waveguides. These waveguides allow an increased interaction efficiency between the light and the liquid substance that can be very useful in sensing applications (fluorescence, absorption spectroscopy, etc.). We then illustrate high sensitive optofluidic devices such as Mach–Zehnder interferometers, Fabry–Pérot cavities and ring resonators. Examples of applications of optofluidic sensors for chemical and biological analysis are given. Subject optofluidicsoptofluidic waveguidesoptical sensors To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:709556be-bdb8-40f5-98d0-0e238260d343 DOI https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026027 Publisher SPIE ISSN 0277-786X Source 5th European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, Krakow (Poland) 19 May, 2013 Proceedings of SPIE, vol. International Society for Optical Engineering 8794, 879402-1-879402-6. (2013) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2013 The Authors and SPIE Files PDF 297512.pdf 293.5 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:709556be-bdb8-40f5-98d0-0e238260d343/datastream/OBJ/view