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A novel fabrication technique for free-hanging homogeneous polymeric cantilever waveguides

Tenje, Maria LU ; Calleja, Montserrat ; Hübner, Jörg and Boisen, Anja (2008) In Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 18(1).
Abstract
We present a novel bonding technique developed for the fabrication of a cantilever-based biosensing system with integrated optical read-out. The read-out mechanism is based on single-mode waveguides fabricated monolithically in SU-8. For optimal operation of the read-out mode, the cantilever waveguides should be homogenous and this bonding technique ensures free-hanging cantilevers that are surrounded by the same material for bottom and top claddings. The bonding step is necessary because SU-8 is a negative resist where free-hanging structures cannot be fabricated directly. This paper gives details on the processing aspects and the parameters of the fabrication steps.

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We present a novel bonding technique developed for the fabrication of a cantilever-based biosensing system with integrated optical read-out. The read-out mechanism is based on single-mode waveguides fabricated monolithically in SU-8. For optimal operation of the read-out mode, the cantilever waveguides should be homogenous and this bonding technique ensures free-hanging cantilevers that are surrounded by the same material for bottom and top claddings. The bonding step is necessary because SU-8 is a negative resist where free-hanging structures cannot be fabricated directly. This paper gives details on the processing aspects and the parameters of the fabrication steps.

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10.1088/0960-1317/18/1/015017
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  series       = {{Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering}},
  title        = {{A novel fabrication technique for free-hanging homogeneous polymeric cantilever waveguides}},
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  doi          = {{10.1088/0960-1317/18/1/015017}},
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