Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 54, Issue 8, 80402(2017)

Microlens Array Applied for Laser Induced Fluorescence Detection

Zhang Xuehai1、*, Liu Chong2, Liang Chao1, Meng Fanjian1, and Li Jingmin2
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    Microfluidic systems based on laser induced fluorescence (LIF) detection technology have been widely used in the field of biochemistry detection. Aiming at the problem of weak fluorescence intensity induced by a few detection samples in the microfluidic system, a microfluidic chip integrating a microlens array (MLA) is designed and fabricated to improve the intensity of the detected fluorescence. An 8×8 photoresist MLA mold with the diameter variation coefficient of 0.36% is obtained by the hot melt technology. Then, a cover plate integrating a polydimethylsiloxane MLA is produced by the soft-lithography technology, and the focal length uniformity error is 7%. Afterwards, a micro-channel substrate is made. The substrate and the cover plate are packaged by the oxygen plasma bonding technology. Finally, the fluorescence intensity of the chip is detected by a fluorescence microscope, and the chip is injected by fluorescein isothiocyanate fluorescent dye solution with concentration of 10 μmol·L-1. The result shows that the fluorescence intensity with the microlens is improved about 2.2 times as much as the fluorescence intensity without the microlens.

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    Zhang Xuehai, Liu Chong, Liang Chao, Meng Fanjian, Li Jingmin. Microlens Array Applied for Laser Induced Fluorescence Detection[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2017, 54(8): 80402

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    Paper Information

    Category: Detectors

    Received: Feb. 6, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 2, 2017

    The Author Email: Xuehai Zhang (zhangxh@mail.dlut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/lop54.080402

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