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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2018
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Chengxun Liu, Kessel-lo, BE;
Dries Vercruysse, Sint-Andries, BE;
Niels Verellen, Heverlee, BE;
Abdulkadir Yurt, Heverlee, BE;
IMEC VZW, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
A device () for illuminating a particle comprises: a light waveguide () arranged on a substrate (); an output coupler () configured to output a light beam () forming a sheet-like shape having a cross-section which has an extension in a first direction being larger than a size of a particle; and a fluidic channel () arranged on the substrate () for guiding a flow of particles along a longitudinal direction of the fluidic channel (); wherein the sheet-like shape of the light beam () is arranged within the fluidic channel () and the first direction of the cross-section of the light beam () forms an angle to the longitudinal direction of the fluidic channel (). A system () for imaging the particle comprises the device, an array () of light-detecting elements (); and a lens () to converge light towards the array () such that each light-detecting element () detects light originating from a corresponding position in the fluidic channel ().