Multimodal optogenetic neural interfacing device fabricated by scalable optical fiber drawing technique

We present a novel approach to the design and manufacture of optrodes for use in the biomedical research field of optogenetic neural interfacing. Using recently developed optical fiber drawing techniques that involve co-drawing metal/polymer composite fiber, we have assembled and characterized a nov...

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Published inApplied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 54; no. 34; p. 10068
Main Authors Davey, Christopher J, Argyros, Alexander, Fleming, Simon C, Solomon, Samuel G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.2015
Subjects
Animals
Equipment Design
Functional Neuroimaging - instrumentation
Nerve Net - physiology
Optical Fibers
Optical Phenomena
Optogenetics - instrumentation
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Summary:We present a novel approach to the design and manufacture of optrodes for use in the biomedical research field of optogenetic neural interfacing. Using recently developed optical fiber drawing techniques that involve co-drawing metal/polymer composite fiber, we have assembled and characterized a novel optrode with promising optical and electrical functionality. The fabrication technique is flexible, scalable, and amenable to extension to implantable optrodes with high-density arrays of multiple electrodes, waveguides, and drug delivery channels.
ISSN:2155-3165
DOI:10.1364/AO.54.010068