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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Claude Weisbuch, Paris, FR;
Henri Benisty, Palaiseau, FR;
Claude Weisbuch, Paris, FR;
Henri Benisty, Palaiseau, FR;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris Cedex, FR;
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, FR;
Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles, FR;
Abstract
An improved biochip type device comprising a substrate () including an intermediate non-absorbent multilayer mirror () covered by a layer () of high refractive index material having chromophore elements () fixed thereon, the layer () further including feature () for extracting guided-mode light in order to recover the light emitted by the chromophore elements () into the layer () in response to light excitation, and direct the light to detection and measurement means.