Devices for optofluidic micro-systems

我们提出空心光波导的研究，并将研究它们在片上实验室（LOC）系统中的新型光检测策略和电子计算系统中的光互连的效用。这项提案建立在我们实验室最近的工作基础上，该工作提出了制造片上空芯波导的新策略。在这些波导中，光被限制在被全方向反射包层包围的空气通道中。全向约束实现了独特的功能，包括用于传感和激光设备的新型几何形状，以及用于芯片级光谱检测和光谱分析的新型策略。我们的研究目标如下：

We propose research on hollow optical waveguides, and will study their utility for new optical detection strategies in lab-on-chip (LOC) systems and as optical interconnections within electronic computing systems. The proposal builds on recent work in our lab, which produced new strategies for the fabrication of on-chip air-core waveguides. In these waveguides, light is confined to an air channel surrounded by omni-directionally reflecting claddings. Omni-directional confinement enables unique functionality, including novel geometries for sensing and lasing devices, and novel strategies for chip-scale spectral detection and spectrometry. We aim to extend this research as follows: