Synonyms
Integrated waveguides; Buried channel waveguides; On chip light guiding; On chip light propagator; Integrated light guiding; Integrated light propagator; Integrated light confiners; On chip light confiners
Definition
An optical waveguide is a structure that guides light waves. It traditionally consists of an inner core layer, a dielectric material with high permittivity and thus high refractive index, and an outer cladding layer, a material with lower refractive index than the core. Such a structure guides optical waves by total internal reflection. Waveguides that are integrated with microfluidic/Lab-on-a-Chip devices for the purpose of delivering excitation light and/or transmitting signal light to a detector are called on-chip waveguides.
Overview
A critical component for almost any miniaturized analytical device is perhaps the detection system. Among the possible detection methods and principles, optical detection is the most common in modern bio/chemical analysis. In...
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Papautsky, I., Pais, A. (2008). On Chip Waveguides. In: Li, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48998-8_1153
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