Overview

Optofluidics is an emerging field that involves the use of fluids to modify optical properties and the use of optical devices to detect flowing media. Ultimately, its value is highly dependent on the successful integration of photonic integrated circuits with microfluidic or nanofluidic systems. Handbook of Optofluidics provides a snapshot of the state of the field, captures current trends, and gives insight into the technology of tomorrow, which will enable researchers to tackle challenges and opportunities that it can uniquely answer. Divided into three sections, this comprehensive resource begins by introducing the scientific foundations that contribute to optofluidics. It details the connections to related research areas and reveals the scientific influences currently shaping the design and function of optofluidic systems. It provides brief reviews of those established fields from which optofluidics has evolved, putting special emphasis on how they currently intersect. This introductory material provides a basis for understanding the chapters that follow. The second section explores the synthesis of fundamental concepts to create novel devices, specifically those with optical properties that are manipulated by fluids. A main theme that runs through this part is the dynamic reconfigurability made possible by flowing and reshaping fluids. The final section looks to future applications of the field, presenting recent developments in particle detection and manipulation primarily being developed for biosensing and biomedical applications. Enhanced by thematic connections throughout the chapters that help define the field, this volume is a concise reference for the growing optofluidics community and is poised to provide a stepping stone for continued research in an area that holds promise for a myriad of applications.

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Author:   Aaron R. Hawkins (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA) ,  Holger Schmidt
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   1.610kg
ISBN:  

9781138113602

ISBN 10:   1138113603
Pages:   680
Publication Date:   30 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foundations of Optofluidics. Definition of Optofluidics. Micro- and Nanofluidic Fundamentals. Spectroscopic Methods. Microfabrication. Optoelectronics. Passive Integrated Optics. Photonic Crystals. Lab-on-a-chip. Optical Elements and Devices. Fluid Controlled Optical Elements. Imaging Elements. Fluid Filled Photonic Crystals. Ring Resonators. Optofluidic Light Sources. Bioanalysis. Single Molecule Detection. Raman Detection in Microchips and Microchannels. Fluid Filled Optical Fibers. Integrated Optofluidic Waveguides. Flow Cytometry. Optical Trapping and Manipulation. Plasmonics. Outlook. Appendices.

Reviews

This excellent reference provides broad coverage of the emerging and developing field of optofluidics. The book will be extremely useful for professionals and graduate students working on nanotechnologies that deploy optofluidic designs such as the lab on a chip and optofluidic transport mechanisms. ... Those interested in waveguides will find useful information about photonic crystal waveguides and integrated optofluidic waveguides.-OPN Optics & Photonics News, November 2010 I've found this book to be very useful, and am delighted that the project has been so successful. From my own perspective, the part on optical elements and devices is a great reference, and the data in the appendices will save my students a lot of time in the future!-Graham A. Turnbull, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Author Information

Aaron R. Hawkins is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of the Integrated Microfabrication Laboratory at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Holger Schmidt is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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