Optofluidics: Waveguides and devices

In this work we review recent results of our work on optofluidics. We show that single mode optofluidic waveguides with low loss can be realized using antiresonant reflecting optical confinement (ARROW). These waveguides can be fabricated using full standard silicon technology or hybrid silicon-polymer processes. ARROW waveguides have been used...

Liquid core integrated ring resonator

We report the design and the fabrication of an integrated optofluidic ring resonator based on liquid core antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW) operating around ?=635nm with a water filled core (nc=1.33). This waveguide permits a strong coupling between light and analyte as the same microchannel can be used for delivering sample and...

Integrated silicon optofluidic ring resonator

The feasibility of an integrated silicon optofluidic ring resonator is demonstrated. Liquid core antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides are used to realize a rectangular ring resonator with a multimode interference liquid core coupler between the ring and the bus waveguide. In this configuration the same waveguide used to confine the light...