Composite polymeric-inorganic waveguide fabricated by injection molding for biosensing applications

Fabian Dortu; Damien Bernier; Isabelle Cestier; Denis Vandormael; Carl Emmerechts; Lamia E. Fissi; Laurent Francis; Laurent Nittler; Laurent Houssiau; Balint Fodor; Emil Agocs; Peter Petrik; Miklos Fried

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876325

Composite polymeric-inorganic waveguide fabricated by injection molding for biosensing applications

Fabian Dortu, Damien Bernier, Isabelle Cestier, Denis Vandormael, Carl Emmerechts, Lamia E. Fissi, Laurent Francis, Laurent Nittler, Laurent Houssiau, Balint Fodor, Emil Agocs, Peter Petrik, Miklos Fried

University of Namur

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Abstract

Inorganic based optical transducers have demonstrated their suitability for labelled and label-free sensing of biomolecules but suffer from their relatively high cost. Photonic structures fabricated in polymer by molding techniques could drastically reduce the cost per test and pave the way for label-free screening in point-of care environment where the cost per test is an essential concern. In this paper we present the advances in the fabrication of waveguides with cyclo olefin copolymer (COC) cladding and TiO₂ core with mass-production compatible injection molding and evaporation. We demonstrate the optical propagation in a slab waveguide supporting both transverse electric and magnetic modes and monitor the response of the phase difference between the two modes when a droplet of water is deposited on the chip.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society Press
ISBN (Print)	9781479956005
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876325
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2014 - Graz, Austria Duration: 6 Jul 2014 → 10 Jul 2014

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Conference	16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2014
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Graz
Period	6/07/14 → 10/07/14

Keywords

Injection molding
Photonic sensor
Polymeric-inorganic composite
Slab waveguide

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Dortu, F., Bernier, D., Cestier, I., Vandormael, D., Emmerechts, C., Fissi, L. E., Francis, L., Nittler, L., Houssiau, L., Fodor, B., Agocs, E., Petrik, P., & Fried, M. (2014). Composite polymeric-inorganic waveguide fabricated by injection molding for biosensing applications. In International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks Article 6876325 IEEE Computer Society Press. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876325

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