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Design and fabrication of a planar PDMS transmission grating microspectrometer

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.011889
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  1. National Research Council of Canada. Industry Partnership Facility
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SubjectAnalytical predictions; Dispersive behaviors; Fluidic components; High refractive index; Microfluidic channel; Monolithic integration; Transmission gratings; Visible-wavelength range; Monolithic integrated circuits; Refractive index; Microchannels; baysilon; dimeticone; chemistry; electronics; equipment; equipment design; equipment failure; microfluidic analysis; optical instrumentation; refractometry; spectroscopy; Dimethylpolysiloxanes; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Lenses; Microfluidic Analytical Techniques; Miniaturization; Refractometry; Spectrum Analysis
Abstract
We describe the monolithic integration of microfluidic channels, optical waveguides, a collimating lens and a curved focusing transmission grating in a single PDMS-based microsystem. All optical and fluidic components of the device were simultaneously formed in a single layer of high refractive index (n∼1.43) PDMS by soft lithography. Outer layers of lower-index (n∼1.41) PDMS were subsequently added to provide optical and fluidic confinement. Here, we focus on the design and characterization of the microspectrometer part, which employs a novel self-focusing strategy based on cylindrical facets, and exhibits resolution <10 nm in the visible wavelength range. The dispersive behavior of the grating was analyzed both experimentally and using numerical simulations, and the results are in good agreement with simplified analytical predictions. © 2013 Optical Society of America.
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  • Optics Express 21, no. 10 (2013): 11889–11900.
LanguageEnglish
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NPARC number21271846
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