Parallel flow measurements in microstructures by use of a multifocal 4 x 1 diffractive optical fan-out element

Appl Opt. 2002 Nov 1;41(31):6614-20. doi: 10.1364/ao.41.006614.

Abstract

We have developed a multifocal optical fluorescence correlation spectroscopy system for parallel flow analyses. Multifocal excitation was made possible through a 4 x 1 diffractive optical fan-out element, which produces uniform intensity in all four foci. Autocorrelation flow analyses inside a 20 microm x 20 microm square microchannel, with the 4 x 1 fan-out foci perpendicular to the flow direction, made it possible to monitor different flows in all four foci simultaneously. We were able to perform cross-correlation flow analyses by turning the microstructure, thereby having all four foci parallel to the direction of flow. Transport effects of the diffusion as a function of flow and distance could then also be studied.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Rhodamines
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence*

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Rhodamines
  • tetramethylrhodamine