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US 9,140,857 · App. 14/057,469 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

Double-sided grating waveguide biosensor

Inventors: Wen-Hsin Hsieh (Chiayi, TW); Lai-Kwan Chau (Chiayi, TW); Hsun-Yuan Li (Chiayi, TW); Wei-Chun Hsu (Chiayi, TW)
Assignee: National Chung Cheng University
G02B6/34G01N21/7743G02B6/124
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Patent No.
US 9,140,857
App. No.
14/057,469
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a double-sided grating waveguide biosensor. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor is used to sense the properties of a sample solution. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor comprises a sequential stack of a plastic grating having a grating part, a waveguide layer having a double-sided grating structure, and a channel chip. Furthermore, the sample solution is guided into the channel chip; the light beam is coupled into the waveguide layer via the double-sided grating structure, propagates in the waveguide layer, and penetrates outward. The double-sided waveguide biosensor detects the properties of the sample solution via a variation of a light beam intensity of the outgoing light beam.

Claims (18)

1. A double-sided grating waveguide biosensor for detecting one or a plurality of properties of a sample solution, the double-sided grating waveguide biosensor at least comprising:

a plastic grating, wherein a surface of the plastic grating is provided with a grating part;

a waveguide layer, located on the surface of the plastic grating, wherein a part of the waveguide layer is located on the grating part to form a double-sided grating structure, and the double-sided grating structure comprises two waveguide grating parts corresponding to each other; and

a channel chip, located on the waveguide layer, being used to guide in the sample solution, wherein when a light beam is coupled into the waveguide layer via the double-sided grating structure and propagates along the waveguide layer, wherein one of the waveguide grating parts is formed as a first surface of the double-sided grating structure and faces the channel chip, the other is formed as an opposite surface of the double-sided grating structure related to the first surface and faces the plastic gating, wherein a variation of a light beam intensity of the light beam penetrating out of the waveguide layer is detected for enabling the double-sided waveguide biosensor to detect the property of the sample solution.

2. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 1 , wherein a recognition molecule layer is fixedly bonded to the surface of the waveguide layer between the waveguide layer and the channel chip.

3. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 1 , wherein the material of the plastic grating is cyclic-olefin copolymer, polycarbonate, acrylic, or polypropene, and the material of the waveguide layer is titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide, silicon dioxide, titanium sesquioxide, tantalum pentoxide, or zinc oxide.

4. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 1 , wherein the double-sided grating structure is provided with a coupling angle ranged from −90 to 90 degrees to couple with the light beam, and the range of the coupling angle and the coupling angle resulting in a peak value of the light beam intensity do not change with a variation of a refractive index.

5. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 1 , wherein the double-sided grating structure is provided with a coupling position, a distance between the coupling position and a terminal of the double-sided grating structure is within 0 to 2 centimeters, and the range of the coupling position and the coupling position resulting in the peak value of the light beam intensity do not change with a variation of a refractive index.

6. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 1 , wherein a sensitivity of the double-sided grating waveguide biosensor does not change with variations of a coupling angle and a coupling position.

7. A double-sided grating waveguide biosensor with sub-surface cavities for detecting one or a plurality of properties of a sample solution, the double-sided grating waveguide biosensor at least comprising:

a plastic grating, wherein a surface of the plastic grating is provided with a grating part;

a waveguide layer, located on the surface of the plastic grating, wherein a part of the waveguide layer is located on the grating part to form a double-sided grating structure, and the double-sided grating structure comprises two waveguide grating parts corresponding to each other, wherein the plastic grating has a plurality of gaps which are formed on the grating part of the surface of the plastic grating and located between the grating part and the waveguide layer; and

a channel chip, located on the waveguide layer, being used to guide the sample solution, wherein when a light beam is coupled into the waveguide layer via the double-sided grating structure and propagates along the waveguide layer, wherein one of the waveguide grating parts is formed as a first surface of the double-sided grating structure and faces the channel chip, the other is formed as an opposite surface of the double-sided grating structure related to the first surface and faces the plastic grating, wherein a variation of a light beam intensity of the light beam penetrating out of the waveguide layer is detected for enabling the double-sided waveguide biosensor to detect the property of the sample solution.

8. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 7 , wherein a recognition molecule layer is fixedly bonded to the surface of the waveguide layer between the waveguide layer and the channel chip.

9. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 7 , wherein material of the plastic grating is cyclic-olefin copolymer, polycarbonate, acrylic, or polypropene, and material of the waveguide layer is titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide, silicon dioxide, titanium sesquioxide, tantalum pentoxide, or zinc oxide.

10. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 7 , wherein the double-sided grating structure is provided with a coupling angle ranged from −90 to 90 degrees to couple with the light beam, and the range of the coupling angle resulting in a peak value of the light beam intensity does not change with a variation of a refractive index.

11. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 7 , wherein the double-sided grating structure is provided with a coupling position, a distance between the coupling position and a terminal of the double-sided grating structure is within 0 to 2 centimeters, and the range of the coupling position resulting in the peak value of the light beam intensity does not change with a variation of a refractive index.

12. The double-sided grating waveguide biosensor of claim 7 , wherein a sensitivity of the double-sided grating waveguide biosensor does not change with variations of a coupling angle and a coupling position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2013
From: HSIEH, WEN-HSIN; CHAU, LAI-KWAN; LI, HSUN-YUAN; HSU, WEI-CHUN
To: NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 031589/0569 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 101138833 A · Oct 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140112613A1 · Apr 24, 2014