Zero-mode waveguides with non-reflecting walls

US8906670B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. · US

Inventors

• Jeremy Gray · Larkspur, US
• Ronald L. Cicero · Palo Alto, US
• Annette Grot · Cupertino, US
• Natasha Popovich · Menlo Park, US
• Stephen Dudek · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 8, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/136
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The application relates to improved optical containment structures, methods of manufacture and use, and systems for employing same. The optical containment structures generally comprise zero-mode waveguide structures having non-reflective walls. The non-reflective walls allow the preparation of optical containment regions in which the optical containment dimensions can be decoupled from the solution containment dimensions. The application also relates to methods for producing islands of functionality within nanoscale apertures.