Planar optical structure forming an evanescent field measuring platform that includes a layer molded by a master
First Claim
1. A planar optical structure having an evanescent-field measuring platform, wherein said evanescent-field measuring platform comprises a multilayer system that has:
- at least one of a metal layer and an essentially optically transparent wave guiding layer, said at least one of a metal layer and an essentially optically transparent wave guiding layer having a refractive index n1,at least an essentially optically transparent second layer with a refractive index n2, where n1>
n2, andat least one optical coupling grating for in-coupling of excitation light,wherein said essentially optically transparent second layer comprises a thermoplastic plastic selected from the group consisting of cyclo-olefin polymers and cyclo-olefin copolymers,wherein said optical coupling grating is formed by the process of molding said optical coupling grating into said essentially optically transparent second layer from a master.
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Abstract
The planar optical structure forms an evanescent-field measuring platform. A body is made from the thermoplastic plastic with a three-dimensionally structured surface, wherein molding is performed directly from a master made of glass coated with metal oxide, without deposition of further coatings on a surface of the master. The planar optical structure forming an evanescent-field measuring platform has a first essentially optically transparent, waveguiding layer (a) with a refractive index n1 and a second essentially optical transparent layer (b) with refractive index n2, where n1>n2, in a case of an embodiment of a planar optical film waveguide, or a metal layer (a′) and a second layer (b), in a case of an embodiment for generating a surface plasmon resonance, wherein the second layer (b) includes a material from a group of cyclo-olefin polymers and cyclo-olefin copolymers.
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25 Claims
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1. A planar optical structure having an evanescent-field measuring platform, wherein said evanescent-field measuring platform comprises a multilayer system that has:
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at least one of a metal layer and an essentially optically transparent wave guiding layer, said at least one of a metal layer and an essentially optically transparent wave guiding layer having a refractive index n1, at least an essentially optically transparent second layer with a refractive index n2, where n1>
n2, andat least one optical coupling grating for in-coupling of excitation light, wherein said essentially optically transparent second layer comprises a thermoplastic plastic selected from the group consisting of cyclo-olefin polymers and cyclo-olefin copolymers, wherein said optical coupling grating is formed by the process of molding said optical coupling grating into said essentially optically transparent second layer from a master. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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