Flat fiber: the flexible format for distributed lab-on-a-chip
Flat fiber: the flexible format for distributed lab-on-a-chip
Integrated optical devices offer dense, multifunctional capability in a single robust package but are rarely considered compatible with the fields of remote or distributed sensing or long-haul 'one-dimensional' fibers. Here we aim to change that by introducing a 'flat-fiber' process that combines the advantages of existing low-cost fiber drawing with the functionality of planar lightwave circuits in a novel hybrid format. By taking this approach, we hope to extend beyond the limitations of traditional planar and fiber substrates - allowing exotic material compositions, device layouts, and local sensing functions to be distributed over extended distances with no coupling or compatibility concerns in highly functional distributed lab-on-a-chip devices.
fiber fabrication, planar bragg grating, direct UV writing, distributed sensing, lab on a chip
Gawith, Corin
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Webb, Andrew
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Adikan, Rafiq
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Gates, James
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Sahu, Jayanta
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Smith, Peter
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2007
Gawith, Corin
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Webb, Andrew
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Adikan, Rafiq
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Gates, James
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Gawith, Corin, Webb, Andrew, Adikan, Rafiq, Gates, James, Sahu, Jayanta and Smith, Peter
(2007)
Flat fiber: the flexible format for distributed lab-on-a-chip.
SPIE Europe Optics & Optoelectronics, Prague, Czech Republic.
16 - 20 Apr 2007.
1 pp
.
(doi:10.1117/12.722873).
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Abstract
Integrated optical devices offer dense, multifunctional capability in a single robust package but are rarely considered compatible with the fields of remote or distributed sensing or long-haul 'one-dimensional' fibers. Here we aim to change that by introducing a 'flat-fiber' process that combines the advantages of existing low-cost fiber drawing with the functionality of planar lightwave circuits in a novel hybrid format. By taking this approach, we hope to extend beyond the limitations of traditional planar and fiber substrates - allowing exotic material compositions, device layouts, and local sensing functions to be distributed over extended distances with no coupling or compatibility concerns in highly functional distributed lab-on-a-chip devices.
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Published date: 2007
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SPIE Europe Optics & Optoelectronics, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007-04-16 - 2007-04-20
Keywords:
fiber fabrication, planar bragg grating, direct UV writing, distributed sensing, lab on a chip
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Local EPrints ID: 46137
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46137
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Rafiq Adikan
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