Agnarsson et al., 2010 - Google Patents

Fabrication of planar polymer waveguides for evanescent-wave sensing in aqueous environments

Agnarsson et al., 2010

Document ID
15875049541881810390
Author
Agnarsson B
Halldorsson J
Arnfinnsdottir N
Ingthorsson S
Gudjonsson T
Leosson K
Publication year
Publication venue
Microelectronic Engineering

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We present a detailed account of processing issues related to fabrication of optical waveguide sensors intended for evanescent-wave sensing in aqueous solutions or surface- bound fluorescence excitation in biological samples. The waveguides consist of a polymer …
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