Young Investigator Group
Dr.-Ing. M.Sc. Dr. „Biophotonics Sensors“ Timo Mappes Christoph Ziyao Wang Group Leader Vannahme A. v. Humboldt Micro-optical Sensors for Biophotonic Deputy Group Scholarship Applications in Life Science Sensors Leader Improving organic Integration of optoelectronic organic lasers devices
Institute of microstructure technology (IMT) Contact Light technology institute (LTI)
M.Sc. Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Phys. Institute of Microstructure Technology Uwe Bog Marko Brammer Tobias Functionalization Optoelectronic Großmann Dr.-Ing. Timo Mappes of optofluidic microfluidic Telekom Group Leader structures backplane Scholarship Biophotonic Sensors Polymeric microresonators Kaiserstraße 12 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Dipl.-Phys. Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Ing. Edited by Sönke Dieter Rimpf Tobias Klinkhammer Optical cell Wienhold Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Tunable organic analysis & sorting Integrated lasers microresonators Kaiserstraße 12 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
www.kit.edu KIT – University of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and National Research Center of the Helmholtz Association www.kit.edu Young Investigator Group Disposable Optofluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Active and passive polymeric resonators “Biophotonic Sensors” Sensor Systems in Polymer for Life Science Novel polymeric resonators introduced within the Applications work of this group are optimized for high quality factors, microfluidic integration, and optical readout. Our aim is to create a technological basis for novel mini- The interaction zones of light and analyte on the chips aturized polymer-based sensor systems for fluid analysis Biophotonic sensor systems are functionalized for sensing parameters of dedicated in chemistry, biology, and medicine: The goal of our group is the development of optofluidic biomedical applications. Thus, the combination of ac- Optimization of process techniques and simulations polymer sensors for life sciences, designed as all organic tive and passive optical components and microfluidics for highly integrated sensor systems Lab-on-a-Chip applications, with integrated miniaturized developed in our group completes the chip for fluid Ability to sense specific biomedical parameters lasers. The final devices are dedicated to be used as dis- analysis in chemistry, biology, and medicine. Development of solutions for the integration of posables with solely optical and fluidic interconnects. The microfluidic and microoptical components and sub- entire approach is divided into several individual, closely systems interacting PhD projects. High sensitivity, minimal amount of analyte and low production costs
This Young Investigator Group (YIG) was established in the frame of the German Excellence Initiative and is partially funded by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
The interdisciplinary team works at the Institute for Technology Microstructure Technology (IMT) in close collaboration The group works in the cleanrooms and optics labs of with the Light Technology Institute (LTI) and the Institute Tunable DFB lasers the Institute for Microstructure Technology (IMT), the of Applied Physics (APH). On-chip distributed feedback (DFB) lasers out of solid state Light Technology Institute (LTI) and the Institute of Ap- www.biophotonic-systems.com organic semiconductors and liquid cores are investigated plied Physics (APH). All infrastructure required for our and optimized for tuning over the entire visible spectral research is on KIT campus: high-end e-beam system, range. These lasers are evaluated regarding their optical mask aligner for UV lithography, electroforming, ther- The PhD projects within this group are implemented in parameters, different pumping schemes and large-scale mal nanoimprint and evaporation of organic semicon- the Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics (KSOP). fabrication. ducting layers. www.ksop.de