title: Multimodal optogenetic neural interfacing device fabricated by scalable optical fiber drawing technique.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Davey
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Argyros
authors.forename: Simon C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: Samuel G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D059907:Functional Neuroimaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D055100:Optical Fibers; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D062308:Optogenetics / Q000295:instrumentation*