Kinoform microlenses for focusing into microfluidic channels
Kinoform microlenses for focusing into microfluidic channels
Optical detection in microflow cytometry requires a tightly focused light beam within a microfluidic channel for effective microparticle analysis. Integrated planar lenses have demonstrated this function, but their design is usually derived from the conventional spherical lens. Compact, efficient, integrated planar kinoform microlenses are proposed for use in microflow cytometry. A detailed design procedure is given and several designs are simulated. A paraxial kinoform lens integrated with a microfluidic channel was then fabricated in a silicate glass material system and characterized for focal position and spotsize, in comparison with light emerging directly from a channel waveguide. Focal spotsizes of 5.6 µm for kinoform lenses have been measured at foci as far as 56 µm into the microfluidic channel.
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Hunt, Hamish C.
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Wilkinson, James S.
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10 April 2012
Hunt, Hamish C.
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Wilkinson, James S.
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Hunt, Hamish C. and Wilkinson, James S.
(2012)
Kinoform microlenses for focusing into microfluidic channels.
Optics Express, 20 (9), .
(doi:10.1364/OE.20.009442).
Abstract
Optical detection in microflow cytometry requires a tightly focused light beam within a microfluidic channel for effective microparticle analysis. Integrated planar lenses have demonstrated this function, but their design is usually derived from the conventional spherical lens. Compact, efficient, integrated planar kinoform microlenses are proposed for use in microflow cytometry. A detailed design procedure is given and several designs are simulated. A paraxial kinoform lens integrated with a microfluidic channel was then fabricated in a silicate glass material system and characterized for focal position and spotsize, in comparison with light emerging directly from a channel waveguide. Focal spotsizes of 5.6 µm for kinoform lenses have been measured at foci as far as 56 µm into the microfluidic channel.
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Published date: 10 April 2012
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/337808
ISSN: 1094-4087
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