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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Optical fluorescence-based chemical and biochemical sensors and methods for fabricating such sensors
Applicants:
Imec, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Inventors:
Geert Van Steenberge, St. Amandsberg, BE;
Sandeep Kalathimekkad, Kerala, IN;
Jeroen Missinne, Ghent, BE;
Assignees:
IMEC, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/77 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/7703 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 21/6452 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7713 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical fluorescence-based sensor comprising at least one sensing element is disclosed. In one aspect, the at least one sensing element comprises a waveguide comprising a waveguide core, a light source optically coupled to an input part of the waveguide core, and a photodetector optically coupled to an output part of the waveguide core, the waveguide core being made of a material comprising a mixture of an optical material and a fluorescent dye.