System for photonic adjustment of nanoscale aggregate systems (SPANAS) - a biophotonic microlaboratory

Within this project we focus on the integration of different technologies (microoptics, microfluidics, multiple optical tweezers and adaptive optics) for the implemention a multifunctional “lab-on-a-chip”- for a variety of biophotonic applications. In Ilmenau we focus on the integration of microoptical and microfluidic systems. To this end we adopt the concept of planar microoptical systems integration suggested by J. Jahns. Such highly integrated microoptical systems exhibit good optical quality but a ratjher low efficiency. Consequently we try to improve the efficiency by a hybrid integration combining refractive and diffractive elements.

Our competences:

- design of diffractive elements (e.g. lenses, beamsplitter);
- design of hybrid planar integrated free-space optical systems;
- fabrication and replication of microoptical elements and systems cooperation with the ZMN Ilmenau);

Current cooperative work:

Ilmenau - Gothenburg:
Integration of a microoptical elements with microfluidic channel systems for biomedical applications;

Ilmenau - Durham:
Combination of an integrated planar microoptical system and adaptive optics (AO) ;

Project Partners:

Microfluidics & Optical Tweezers:
Dag Hanstorp
Göteborg University / Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Physics
Göteborg - SWEDEN
http://fy.chalmers.se/f3a/tweezers/mainmeny.html

Multiple Optical Tweezers:
Jesper Glückstad
Risø National Laboratory, Optics and Fluid Dynamics Department
Roskilde - DENMARK
http://www.ppo.dk/

Adaptive Optics:
Gordon Love
University of Durham, Department of Physics
Durham - UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.dur.ac.uk/g.d.love/research.html

Funding

Financial support is provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through the SONS
(self-organized nanostructures) Programme of the European Science Foundation (ESF), which is
also funded by the European Commission, Sixth Framework Programme.

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