A novel fabrication technique for free-hanging homogeneous polymeric cantilever waveguides
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Summary, in English
We present a novel bonding technique developed for the fabrication of a cantilever-based biosensing system with integrated optical read-out. The read-out mechanism is based on single-mode waveguides fabricated monolithically in SU-8. For optimal operation of the read-out mode, the cantilever waveguides should be homogenous and this bonding technique ensures free-hanging cantilevers that are surrounded by the same material for bottom and top claddings. The bonding step is necessary because SU-8 is a negative resist where free-hanging structures cannot be fabricated directly. This paper gives details on the processing aspects and the parameters of the fabrication steps.
Novel fabrication technique for free-hanging homogeneous polymeric cantilever waveguides
Novel fabrication technique for free-hanging homogeneous polymeric cantilever waveguides
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
Volym
18
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
IOP Publishing
Ämne
- Medical Engineering
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0960-1317