Optical components for lab-in-a-tube systems
| E. J. Smith, Y. F. Mei, O. G. Schmidt Proc. SPIE 8031, 80310R (2011) URL PDF |
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| Abstract | |
| We present a review on recent advancements in rolled-up optical components created using strain engineering. A look at optical and optofluidic resonators as well as the hyperlens and an optical fiber metamaterial device is given. These individual ultra-compact components allow researchers to develop large arrays of a future highly-integrated biological sensing device known as a lab-in-a-tube. These lab-in-a-tube devices would allow for a very large parallel but individual analysis of thousands of cells, molecules and bacteria on a single chip. |