An elastomer waveguide fabricated using a 3D-printed mold

Authors

Christabel E. Bucao ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Jose Ramon A. Batiller ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
Raphael A. Guerrero ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University

Abstract

A polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) waveguide with a millimeter-scale fluidic cladding is fabricated using a 3D-printed mold for soft lithography. The waveguide is employed in total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) experiments using a 1 mM rhodamine 6G solution as the waveguide cladding. Results indicate an incident angle-dependent fluorescence peak at the core/cladding interface. A statistically significant redshift is observed as the incident angle is decreased from near-glancing to near-critical angle.

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Issue

2016: Proceedings of the 34th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2016-1A-03

Section

Instrumentation, Imaging, and Signal Processing

Published

2016-08-18

How to Cite

[1]

CE Bucao, JRA Batiller, and RA Guerrero, An elastomer waveguide fabricated using a 3D-printed mold, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 34, SPP-2016-1A-03 (2016). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2016-1A-03.