Cocaine detection by a mid-infrared waveguide integrated with a microfluidic chip.
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چکیده
A germanium (Ge) strip waveguide on a silicon (Si) substrate is integrated with a microfluidic chip to detect cocaine in tetrachloroethylene (PCE) solutions. In the evanescent field of the waveguide, cocaine absorbs the light near 5.8 μm, which is emitted from a quantum cascade laser. This device is ideal for (bio-)chemical sensing applications.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Lab on a chip
دوره 12 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012