Femtosecond lasers have opened up new avenues in materials processing due to their unique characteristics of ultra-short
pulse widths and extremely high peak intensities that induce strong absorption in even transparent materials due to
nonlinear multiphoton absorption. Then, the femtosecond laser can directly fabricate three-dimensional microfluidic,
micromechanic, microelectronic, and micro-optical components in glass. These microcomponents can be easily
integrated in a single glass microchip, which enable us to fabricate functional biochips quickly screening large number of
biological analytes. In this talk, the detailed fabrication procedure of biochips using the femtosecond laser and
applications of the fabricated biochips to material synthesis, analysis of biochemical samples, and determination of
functions of microorganisms are introduced.
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