Chemical and biochemical sensors based on sol-gel derived, laminate planar waveguide structures

L. Yang, M. J. Huskey, N. R. Armstrong, S. S. Saavedra

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Abstract

The sol-gel method is being investigated as a generalized strategy for fabricating planar waveguide chemical sensors and biosensors. Recently, a technically simple sol-gel dip-coating method has been developed to fabricate high quality glass integrated optical waveguides (TOWs) that support a single guided mode at visible wavelengths and that have propagation losses of less than 0.2 dB/cm. Subsequently, these waveguides have been used as a basis for development of a novel chemical sensing platform designed for optical detection analytes that form a light-absorbing complex within the evanescent field of the planar IOW in contact with a sample medium.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)453
Number of pages1
JournalPolymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Proceedings of the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering
Volume76
StatePublished - 1997
EventProceedings of the 1997 Spring ACS Meeting - San Francisco, CA, USA
Duration: Apr 13 1997Apr 17 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Polymers and Plastics

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