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Janz S, Dedyulin S, Xu DX, Vachon M, Wang S, Cheriton R, Weber J. Measurement accuracy in silicon photonic ring resonator thermometers: identifying and mitigating intrinsic impairments. Opt Express 2024; 32:551-575. [PMID: 38175082 DOI: 10.1364/oe.499055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Silicon photonic ring resonator thermometers have been shown to provide temperature measurements with a 10 mK accuracy. In this work we identify and quantify the intrinsic on-chip impairments that may limit further improvement in temperature measurement accuracy. The impairments arise from optically induced changes in the waveguide effective index, and from back-reflections and scattering at defects and interfaces inside the ring cavity and along the path between light source and detector. These impairments are characterized for 220 × 500 nm Si waveguide rings by experimental measurement in a calibrated temperature bath and by phenomenological models of ring response. At different optical power levels both positive and negative light induced resonance shifts are observed. For a ring with L = 100 µm cavity length, the self-heating induced resonance red shift can alter the temperature reading by 200 mK at 1 mW incident power, while a small blue shift is observed below 100 µW. The effect of self-heating is shown to be effectively suppressed by choosing longer ring cavities. Scattering and back-reflections often produce split and distorted resonance line shapes. Although these distortions can vary with resonance order, they are almost completely invariant with temperature for a given resonance and do not lead to measurement errors in themselves. The effect of line shape distortions can largely be mitigated by tracking only selected resonance orders with negligible shape distortion, and by measuring the resonance minimum wavelength directly, rather than attempting to fit the entire resonance line shape. The results demonstrate the temperature error due to these impairments can be limited to below the 3 mK level through appropriate design choices and measurement procedures.
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Janz S, Xu DX, Grinberg Y, Wang S, Vachon M, Cheben P, Schmid JH, Melati D. Optical wavefront phase-tilt measurement using Si-photonic waveguide grating couplers. Opt Lett 2023; 48:6236-6239. [PMID: 38039235 DOI: 10.1364/ol.506013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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Silicon photonic wavefront phase-tilt sensors for wavefront monitoring using surface coupling grating arrays are demonstrated. The first design employs the intrinsic angle dependence of the grating coupling efficiency to determine local wavefront tilt, with a measured sensitivity of 7 dB/°. The second design connects four gratings in an interferometric waveguide circuit to determine incident wavefront phase variation across the sensor area. In this device, one fringe spacing corresponds to 2° wavefront tilt change. These sensor elements sample a wavefront incident on the chip surface without the use of bulk optic elements, fiber arrays, or imaging arrays. Both sensor elements are less than 60 µm across and are potential unit cell sensor elements for large arrays that monitor wavefront shape across an image or pupil plane in adaptive optics systems for free-space optical communications, astronomy, and beam pointing applications.
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Salehzadeh O, Vachon M, Sabourin N, Janz S, SpringThorpe AJ. Vertically tapered waveguide spot size converters fabricated via a linewidth controlled grey tone lithography for InP-based photonic integrated circuits. Opt Express 2020; 28:23523-23533. [PMID: 32752347 DOI: 10.1364/oe.397489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report a novel and simple fabrication process to realize vertically tapered spot size converters (SSC) on InP photonic integrated circuits. The vertical tapering was achieved via a linewidth controlled local optical dose variation, leading to a grey tone photoresist profile. The fabricated SSCs are compact, polarization insensitive and demonstrate a very high mode conversion efficiency of 95%. Integrated SSCs improved the overall loss by 5 dB giving a coupling loss as low as 1.3 dB/facet, for a lensed fibre with a mode field diameter of 3.0 µm. A good agreement was found between the fibre-to-fibre optical loss measurements and those predicted from simulations.
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Lu ZG, Liu JR, Song CY, Weber J, Mao Y, Chang SD, Ding HP, Poole PJ, Barrios PJ, Poitras D, Janz S, O'Sullivan M. High performance InAs/InP quantum dot 34.462-GHz C-band coherent comb laser module. Opt Express 2018; 26:2160-2167. [PMID: 29401940 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.002160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We have developed an InAs/InP quantum dot (QD) C-band coherent comb laser (CCL) module with actively stabilized absolute wavelength and power, and channel spacing of 34.462 GHz with ± 100 ppm accuracy. The total output power is up to 46 mW. The integrated average relative intensity noise (RIN) values of the lasing spectrum and a filtered single channel at 1540.19 nm were -165.6 dB/Hz and -130.3 dB/Hz respectively in the frequency range from 10 MHz to 10 GHz. The optical linewidth of the 45 filtered individual channels between 1531.77 nm to 1543.77 nm ranged from 850 kHz to 2.16 MHz. We have also analyzed the noise behaviors of each individual channel.
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Rosean TR, Holman CJ, Tompkins VS, Jing X, Krasowski MD, Rose-John S, Janz S. KSHV-encoded vIL-6 collaborates with deregulated c-Myc to drive plasmablastic neoplasms in mice. Blood Cancer J 2016; 6:e398. [PMID: 26918362 PMCID: PMC4771969 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2016.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- T R Rosean
- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa (UI) Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa (UI) Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa (UI) Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa (UI) Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa (UI) Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa (UI) Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA.,UI Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, IA, USA
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López-Vidrier J, Berencén Y, Hernández S, Mundet B, Gutsch S, Laube J, Hiller D, Löper P, Schnabel M, Janz S, Zacharias M, Garrido B. Structural parameters effect on the electrical and electroluminescence properties of silicon nanocrystals/SiO2 superlattices. Nanotechnology 2015; 26:185704. [PMID: 25872562 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/18/185704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The effect of the oxide barrier thickness (tSiO2) reduction and the Si excess ([Si]exc) increase on the electrical and electroluminescence (EL) properties of Si-rich oxynitride (SRON)/SiO2 superlattices (SLs) is investigated. The active layers of the metal-oxide-semiconductor devices were fabricated by alternated deposition of SRON and SiO2 layers on top of a Si substrate. The precipitation of the Si excess and thus formation of Si nanocrystals (NCs) within the SRON layers was achieved after an annealing treatment at 1150 °C. A structural characterization revealed a high crystalline quality of the SLs for all devices, and the evaluated NC crystalline size is in agreement with a good deposition and annealing control. We found a dramatic conductivity enhancement when the Si content is increased or the SiO2 barrier thickness is decreased, due to a larger interaction of the carrier wavefunctions from adjacent layers. EL recombination dynamics were studied, revealing radiative recombination decay times of the order of tens of microseconds. Lower lifetimes were found at higher [Si]exc, attributed to exciton confinement delocalization, whereas intermediate barrier thicknesses present the slowest decay. The electrical-to-light conversion efficiency increases monotonously at thicker barriers and smaller Si contents. We ascribe these effects mainly to free carriers, which enhance carrier transport through the SLs while strongly quenching light emission. Finally, the combination of the different results led us to conclude that tSiO2 ∼ 2 nm and [Si]exc from 12 to 15 at% are the ideal structure parameters for a balanced electro-optical response of Si NC-based SLs.
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- J López-Vidrier
- MIND-IN2UB, Electronics Department, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Duncan K, Rosean TR, Tompkins VS, Olivier A, Sompallae R, Zhan F, Tricot G, Acevedo MR, Ponto LLB, Walsh SA, Tygrett LT, Berger AJ, Waldschmidt T, Morse HC, Sunderland JJ, Janz S. (18)F-FDG-PET/CT imaging in an IL-6- and MYC-driven mouse model of human multiple myeloma affords objective evaluation of plasma cell tumor progression and therapeutic response to the proteasome inhibitor ixazomib. Blood Cancer J 2013; 3:e165. [PMID: 24292417 PMCID: PMC3880444 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2013.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 09/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and computed tomography (CT) are useful imaging modalities for evaluating tumor progression and treatment responses in genetically engineered mouse models of solid human cancers, but the potential of integrated FDG-PET/CT for assessing tumor development and new interventions in transgenic mouse models of human blood cancers such as multiple myeloma (MM) has not been demonstrated. Here we use BALB/c mice that contain the newly developed iMyc(ΔEμ) gene insertion and the widely expressed H2-L(d)-IL6 transgene to demonstrate that FDG-PET/CT affords an excellent research tool for assessing interleukin-6- and MYC-driven plasma cell tumor (PCT) development in a serial, reproducible and stage- and lesion-specific manner. We also show that FDG-PET/CT permits determination of objective drug responses in PCT-bearing mice treated with the investigational proteasome inhibitor ixazomib (MLN2238), the biologically active form of ixazomib citrate (MLN9708), that is currently in phase 3 clinical trials in MM. Overall survival of 5 of 6 ixazomib-treated mice doubled compared with mice left untreated. One outlier mouse presented with primary refractory disease. Our findings demonstrate the utility of FDG-PET/CT for preclinical MM research and suggest that this method will play an important role in the design and testing of new approaches to treat myeloma.
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- K Duncan
- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Stessman HAF, Mansoor A, Zhan F, Janz S, Linden MA, Baughn LB, Van Ness B. Reduced CXCR4 expression is associated with extramedullary disease in a mouse model of myeloma and predicts poor survival in multiple myeloma patients treated with bortezomib. Leukemia 2013; 27:2075-7. [PMID: 23728080 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2013.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- H A F Stessman
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Janz S, Xu DX, Vachon M, Sabourin N, Cheben P, McIntosh H, Ding H, Wang S, Schmid JH, Delâge A, Lapointe J, Densmore A, Ma R, Sinclair W, Logan SM, Mackenzie R, Liu QY, Zhang D, Lopinski G, Mozenson O, Gilmour M, Tabor H. Photonic wire biosensor microarray chip and instrumentation with application to serotyping of Escherichia coli isolates. Opt Express 2013; 21:4623-4637. [PMID: 23481995 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.004623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A complete photonic wire molecular biosensor microarray chip architecture and supporting instrumentation is described. Chip layouts with 16 and 128 independent sensors have been fabricated and tested, where each sensor can provide an independent molecular binding curve. Each sensor is 50 μm in diameter, and consists of a millimeter long silicon photonic wire waveguide folded into a spiral ring resonator. An array of 128 sensors occupies a 2 × 2 mm2 area on a 6 × 9 mm2 chip. Microfluidic sample delivery channels are fabricated monolithically on the chip. The size and layout of the sensor array is fully compatible with commercial spotting tools designed to independently functionalize fluorescence based biochips. The sensor chips are interrogated using an instrument that delivers sample fluid to the chip and is capable of acquiring up to 128 optical sensor outputs simultaneously and in real time. Coupling light from the sensor chip is accomplished through arrays of sub-wavelength surface grating couplers, and the signals are collected by a fixed two-dimensional detector array. The chip and instrument are designed so that connection of the fluid delivery system and optical alignment are automated, and can be completed in a few seconds with no active user input. This microarray system is used to demonstrate a multiplexed assay for serotyping E. coli bacteria using serospecific polyclonal antibody probe molecules.
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- S Janz
- National Research Council Canada (NRC), Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada.
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Alonso-Ramos C, Halir R, Ortega-Moñux A, Cheben P, Vivien L, Molina-Fernández I, Marris-Morini D, Janz S, Xu DX, Schmid J. Highly tolerant tunable waveguide polarization rotator scheme. Opt Lett 2012; 37:3534-3536. [PMID: 22940940 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.003534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Integrated polarization rotators are known to exhibit stringent fabrication tolerances, which severely handicap their practical application. Here we present a general polarization rotator scheme that enables both the compensation of fabrication errors and wavelength tunability. The scheme is described analytically, and a condition for perfect polarization conversion is established. Simulations of a silicon-on-insulator polarization rotator show polarization extinction ratios in excess of 40 dB even in the presence of large fabrication errors that in a conventional rotator configuration degrade the extinction ratio to below 5 dB. Additionally, wavelength tuning over ±30 nm is shown.
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- C Alonso-Ramos
- Departamento Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain.
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Bommert KS, Effenberger M, Leich E, Küspert M, Murphy D, Langer C, Moll R, Janz S, Mottok A, Weissbach S, Rosenwald A, Bargou R, Bommert K. The feed-forward loop between YB-1 and MYC is essential for multiple myeloma cell survival. Leukemia 2012; 27:441-50. [PMID: 22772059 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2012.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) functions as a translational regulator and has been suggested to elevate MYC mRNA translation via an internal ribosome entry segment (IRES) point mutation in multiple myeloma (MM). We show that YB-1-mediated translation of MYC mRNA occurs independently of the reported IRES mutation, as 87 MM patients (n=88) and all tested human MM cell lines (HMCLs) were negative for the mutation. We show for the first time that positive MYC staining predicts YB-1 co-expression in malignant plasma cells and YB-1/MYC co-expression increases from 30% in medullary to 70% in extramedullary MM. YB-1 knockdown in HMCLs reduced both MYC protein levels and MYC mRNA in the polysomal fraction, providing a mechanism by which YB-1 controls MYC translation. MYC transcription of YB-1 is demonstrated in HMCLs as MYC knockdown resulted in reduced YB-1 protein and mRNA levels. Furthermore, MYC activation in non-malignant mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) increased YB-1 mRNA, clearly indicating that MYC drives YB-1 transcription. Importantly, perturbation of the MYC/YB-1 oncogenic circuit leads to apoptosis in HMCLs. Here, we demonstrate that these two proteins co-regulate each other via combined transcriptional/translational activity establishing their pivotal role in MM cell survival. We therefore suggest that targeting the YB-1/mRNA interaction provides a new strategy for MM drug development.
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- K S Bommert
- Division of Haematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Comprehensive Cancer Centre Mainfranken, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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Halir R, Maese-Novo A, Ortega-Moñux A, Molina-Fernández I, Wangüemert-Pérez JG, Cheben P, Xu DX, Schmid JH, Janz S. Colorless directional coupler with dispersion engineered sub-wavelength structure. Opt Express 2012; 20:13470-13477. [PMID: 22714374 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.013470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Directional couplers are extensively used devices in integrated optics, but suffer from limited operational wavelength range. Here we use, for the first time, the dispersive properties of sub-wavelength gratings to achieve a fivefold enhancement in the operation bandwidth of a silicon-on-insulator directional coupler. This approach does not compromise the size or the phase response of the device. The sub-wavelength grating based directional coupler we propose covers a 100 nm bandwidth with an imbalance of ≤ 0.6 dB between its outputs, as supported by full 3D FDTD simulations.
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- R Halir
- Departamento Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain.
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Li F, Pelusi M, Xu DX, Ma R, Janz S, Eggleton BJ, Moss DJ. All-optical wavelength conversion for 10 Gb/s DPSK signals in a silicon ring resonator. Opt Express 2011; 19:22410-22416. [PMID: 22109117 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.022410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We demonstrate all-optical wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s for differential phase-shift keyed (DPSK) data signals in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon ring resonator. Error-free operation with a system penalty of ~4.1 dB at 10⁻⁹ BER is achieved.
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- F Li
- Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Li F, Vo TD, Husko C, Pelusi M, Xu DX, Densmore A, Ma R, Janz S, Eggleton BJ, Moss DJ. All-optical XOR logic gate for 40Gb/s DPSK signals via FWM in a silicon nanowire. Opt Express 2011; 19:20364-20371. [PMID: 21997046 DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.020364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We demonstrate an all-optical XOR logic function for 40Gb/s differential phase-shift keyed (DPSK) data signals in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon nanowire. Error-free operation with a system penalty of ~3.0dB and ~4.3dB at 10⁻⁹ BER is achieved.
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- F Li
- Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS), School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Alonso-Ramos C, Ortega-Moñux A, Zavargo-Peche L, Halir R, de Oliva-Rubio J, Molina-Fernández I, Cheben P, Xu DX, Janz S, Kim N, Lamontagne B. Single-etch grating coupler for micrometric silicon rib waveguides. Opt Lett 2011; 36:2647-2649. [PMID: 21765496 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.002647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Grating couplers are widely used as an efficient and versatile fiber-chip coupling structure in nanometric silicon wire waveguides. The implementation of efficient grating couplers in micrometric silicon-on-insulator (SOI) rib waveguides is, however, challenging, since the coupler waveguide region is multimode. Here we experimentally demonstrate grating couplers in 1.5 μm-thick SOI rib waveguides with a coupling efficiency of -2.2 dB and a 3 dB bandwidth of 40 nm. An inverse taper is used to adiabatically transform the interconnection waveguide mode to the optimum grating coupler excitation field with negligible higher order Bloch mode excitation. Couplers are fabricated in the same etch step as the waveguides using i-line stepper lithography. The benefits of wafer-scale testing and device characterization without facet preparation are thus attained at no additional cost.
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- C Alonso-Ramos
- Departamento Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
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Schmid JH, Ibrahim M, Cheben P, Lapointe J, Janz S, Bock PJ, Densmore A, Lamontagne B, Ma R, Ye WN, Xu DX. Temperature-independent silicon subwavelength grating waveguides. Opt Lett 2011; 36:2110-2112. [PMID: 21633465 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.002110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We demonstrate, by experiment and numerical calculations, temperature-independent subwavelength grating waveguides with a periodic composite core composed of alternating regions of silicon and SU-8 polymer. The polymer has a negative thermo-optic (TO) material coefficient that cancels the large positive TO effect of the silicon. Measurements and Bloch mode calculations were carried out over a range of silicon-polymer duty ratios. The lowest measured TO coefficient at a wavelength of 1550 nm is 1.8×10(-6) K(-1); 2 orders of magnitude smaller than a conventional silicon photonic wire waveguide. Calculations predict the possibility of complete cancellation of the silicon waveguide temperature dependence.
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- J H Schmid
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada. jens.schmid@nrc‐cnrc.gc.ca
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Xu DX, Vachon M, Densmore A, Ma R, Janz S, Delâge A, Lapointe J, Cheben P, Schmid JH, Post E, Messaoudène S, Fédéli JM. Real-time cancellation of temperature induced resonance shifts in SOI wire waveguide ring resonator label-free biosensor arrays. Opt Express 2010; 18:22867-22879. [PMID: 21164626 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.022867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A comprehensive investigation of real-time temperature-induced resonance shift cancellation for silicon wire based biosensor arrays is reported for the first time. A reference resonator, protected by either a SU8 or SiO(2) cladding layer, is used to track temperature changes. The temperature dependence of resonators in aqueous solutions, pertinent to biosensing applications, is measured under steady-state conditions and the operating parameters influencing these properties are discussed. Real-time measurements show that the reference resonator resonances reflect the temperature changes without noticeable time delay, enabling effective cancellation of temperature-induced shifts. Binding between complementary IgG protein pairs is monitored over 4 orders of magnitude dynamic range down to a concentration of 20 pM, demonstrating a resolvable mass of 40 attograms. Reactions are measured over time periods as long as 3 hours with high stability, showing a scatter corresponding to a fluid refractive index fluctuation of ± 4 × 10(-6) in the baseline data. Sensor arrays with a SU8 protective cladding are easy to fabricate, while oxide cladding is found to provide superior stability for measurements involving long time scales.
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- D-X Xu
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Rd, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada.
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Halir R, Cheben P, Schmid JH, Ma R, Bedard D, Janz S, Xu DX, Densmore A, Lapointe J, Molina-Fernández I. Continuously apodized fiber-to-chip surface grating coupler with refractive index engineered subwavelength structure. Opt Lett 2010; 35:3243-5. [PMID: 20890347 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.003243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We demonstrate a fully etched, continuously apodized fiber-to-chip surface grating coupler for the first time (to our knowledge). The device is fabricated in a single-etch step and operates with TM-polarized light, achieving a coupling efficiency of 3.7 dB and a 3 dB bandwidth of 60 nm. A subwavelength microstructure is employed to generate an effective medium engineered to vary the strength of the grating and thereby maximize coupling efficiency, while mitigating backreflections at the same time. Minimum feature size is 100 nm for compatibility with deep-UV 193 nm lithography.
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- R Halir
- Departamento Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga, 29010 Málaga, Spain.
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Xu DX, Vachon M, Densmore A, Ma R, Delâge A, Janz S, Lapointe J, Li Y, Lopinski G, Zhang D, Liu QY, Cheben P, Schmid JH. Label-free biosensor array based on silicon-on-insulator ring resonators addressed using a WDM approach. Opt Lett 2010; 35:2771-2773. [PMID: 20717452 DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.002771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We report a silicon-on-insulator ring resonator biosensor array with one output port, using wavelength division multiplexing as the addressing scheme. With the use of on-chip referencing for environmental drift cancellation, simultaneous monitoring of multiplexed molecular bindings is demonstrated, with a resolution of 0.3 pg/mm(2) (40 ag of total mass) for protein concentrations over 4 orders of magnitude down to 20 pM. Reactions are measured over time periods as long as 3 h with high stability.
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- D-X Xu
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6.
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Zingone A, Cultraro CM, Shin DM, Bean CM, Morse HC, Janz S, Kuehl WM. Ectopic expression of wild-type FGFR3 cooperates with MYC to accelerate development of B-cell lineage neoplasms. Leukemia 2010; 24:1171-8. [PMID: 20393505 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2010.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The t(4;14) translocation in multiple myeloma (MM) simultaneously dysregulates two apparent oncogenes: fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) controlled by the 3' immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancer on der(14) and MMSET controlled by the intronic Emu enhancer on der(4). Although all MM tumors and cell lines with a t(4;14) translocation have dysregulated MMSET, about 25% do not express FGFR3. Therefore, the function of dysregulated wild-type (WT) FGFR3 in the pathogenesis of MM remains unclear. We developed a murine transgenic (TG) model in which WT FGFR3 is overexpressed in B lymphoid cells. Although high levels of FGFR3 resulted in lymphoid hyperplasia in about one-third of older mice, no increase in tumorigenesis was observed. However, double TG FGFR3/Myc mice develop mature B lymphoma tumors that occur with a higher penetrance and shorter latency than in single TG Myc mice (P=0.006). We conclude that expression of high levels of WT FGFR3 can be oncogenic and cooperate with MYC to generate B lymphoid tumors. This suggests that dysregulated FGFR3 expression is likely to be essential at least for the early stages of pathogenesis of MM tumors that have a t(4;14) translocation.
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- A Zingone
- Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20889-5105, USA
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Li F, Pelusi M, Xu DX, Densmore A, Ma R, Janz S, Moss DJ. Error-free all-optical demultiplexing at 160Gb/s via FWM in a silicon nanowire. Opt Express 2010; 18:3905-3910. [PMID: 20389401 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.003905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We demonstrate all-optical time division demultiplexing from 160Gb/s to 10Gb/s in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon nanowire. We achieve error-free operation with a system penalty of approximately 3.9dB at 10(-9) BER.
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- F Li
- Institute of Photonics and Optical Sciences (IPOS), Centre for Ultra-high Bandwidth for Optical Devices (CUDOS), School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Densmore A, Vachon M, Xu DX, Janz S, Ma R, Li YH, Lopinski G, Delâge A, Lapointe J, Luebbert CC, Liu QY, Cheben P, Schmid JH. Silicon photonic wire biosensor array for multiplexed real-time and label-free molecular detection. Opt Lett 2009; 34:3598-600. [PMID: 19953132 DOI: 10.1364/ol.34.003598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We demonstrate a silicon photonic wire waveguide biosensor array chip for the simultaneous monitoring of different molecular binding reactions. The chip is compatible with automated commercial spotting tools and contains a monolithically integrated microfluidic channel for sample delivery. Each array sensor element is a 1.8-mm-long spiral waveguide folded within a 130 microm diameter spot and is incorporated in a balanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a near temperature independent response. The sensors are arranged in a 400 microm spacing grid pattern and are addressed through cascaded 1x2 optical power splitters using light from a single input fiber. We demonstrate the real-time monitoring of antibody-antigen reactions using complementary and mismatched immunoglobulin G receptor-analyte pairs and bovine serum albumin. The measured level of detection for each sensor element corresponds to a surface coverage of less than 0.3 pg/mm(2).
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- A Densmore
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6.
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McKinnon WR, Xu DX, Storey C, Post E, Densmore A, Delâge A, Waldron P, Schmid JH, Janz S. Extracting coupling and loss coefficients from a ring resonator. Opt Express 2009; 17:18971-82. [PMID: 20372631 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.018971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A method is developed for extracting the coupling and loss coefficients of ring resonators from the peak widths, depths, and spacings of the resonances of a single resonator. Although the formulas used do not distinguish which coefficient is coupling and which is loss, it is shown how these coefficients can be disentangled based on how they vary with wavelength or device parameters.
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- W R McKinnon
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Schmid JH, Sinclair W, García J, Janz S, Lapointe J, Poitras D, Li Y, Mischki T, Lopinski G, Cheben P, Delâge A, Densmore A, Waldron P, Xu DX. Silicon-on-insulator guided mode resonant grating for evanescent field molecular sensing. Opt Express 2009; 17:18371-18380. [PMID: 19907628 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.018371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We present experimental and theoretical results of label-free molecular sensing using the transverse magnetic mode of a 0.22 mum thick silicon slab waveguide with a surface grating implemented in a guided mode resonance configuration. Due to the strong overlap of the evanescent field of the waveguide mode with a molecular layer attached to the surface, these sensors exhibit high sensitivity, while their fabrication and packaging requirements are modest. Experimentally, we demonstrate a resonance wavelength shift of approximately 1 nm when a monolayer of the protein streptavidin is attached to the surface, in good agreement with calculations based on rigorous coupled wave analysis. In our current optical setup this shift corresponds to an estimated limit of detection of 0.2% of a monolayer of streptavidin.
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- J H Schmid
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6.
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Ferrera M, Duchesne D, Razzari L, Peccianti M, Morandotti R, Cheben P, Janz S, Xu DX, Little BE, Chu S, Moss DJ. Low power four wave mixing in an integrated, micro-ring resonator with Q = 1.2 million. Opt Express 2009; 17:14098-14103. [PMID: 19654818 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.014098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We demonstrate efficient, low power, continuous-wave four-wave mixing in the C-band, using a high index doped silica glass micro ring resonator having a Q-factor of 1.2 million. A record high conversion efficiency for this kind of device is achieved over a bandwidth of 20 nm. We show theoretically that the characteristic low dispersion enables phase-matching over a tuning range > 160 nm.
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- M Ferrera
- INRS-EMT, 1650 Boulevard Lionel Boulet, Varennes, Quebec J3X-1S2, Canada.
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Schmid JH, Cheben P, Lapointe J, Janz S, Delâge A, Densmore A, Xu DX. High reflectivity gratings on silicon-on-insulator waveguide facets. Opt Express 2008; 16:16481-16488. [PMID: 18852755 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.016481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2008] [Accepted: 09/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We demonstrate by numerical simulations and experiments that highly reflective (HR) facets can be formed on silicon waveguides with high reflectivity diffraction gratings. We use an HR grating with a plane wave reflectivity exceeding 99.99%, as calculated by rigorous coupled wave analysis. Experimentally, we demonstrate the HR effect for silicon-on-insulator waveguide facets patterned lithographically with grating structures. Due to a strong mode size dependence, the maximum facet reflectivity for 1.5 microm thick waveguide is 77%, but finite difference time-domain simulations show that modal reflectivies larger than 90% can be achieved for silicon waveguides with thicknesses of 4 microm or more.
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- J H Schmid
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Xu DX, Densmore A, Delâge A, Waldron P, McKinnon R, Janz S, Lapointe J, Lopinski G, Mischki T, Post E, Cheben P, Schmid JH. Folded cavity SOI microring sensors for high sensitivity and real time measurement of biomolecular binding. Opt Express 2008; 16:15137-48. [PMID: 18795053 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.015137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We demonstrate folded waveguide ring resonators for biomolecular sensing. We show that extending the ring cavity length increases the resonator quality factor, and thereby enhances the sensor resolution and minimum level of detection, while at the same time relaxing the tolerance on the coupling conditions to provide stable and large resonance contrast. The folded spiral path geometry allows a 1.2 mm long ring waveguide to be enclosed in a 150 microm diameter sensor area. The spiral cavity resonator is used to monitor the streptavidin protein binding with a detection limit of approximately 3 pg/mm(2), or a total mass of approximately 5 fg. The real time measurements are used to analyze the kinetics of biotin-streptavidin binding.
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- D X Xu
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Schmid JH, Delâge A, Lamontagne B, Lapointe J, Janz S, Cheben P, Densmore A, Waldron P, Xu DX, Yap KP. Interference effect in scattering loss of high-index-contrast planar waveguides caused by boundary reflections. Opt Lett 2008; 33:1479-1481. [PMID: 18594671 DOI: 10.1364/ol.33.001479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We present theoretical and experimental results on an interference effect caused by boundary reflections on the optical scattering loss in high-index-contrast planar waveguides. Analytical expressions for the polarization-dependent scattering loss are derived using a surface Green's function. For high-index-contrast waveguides of submicrometer dimensions a significant deviation from accepted theory arises, including scattering loss suppression owing to a thin-film interference effect. Our theoretical predictions are confirmed by loss measurements on silicon-on-insulator channel waveguides.
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- J H Schmid
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada.
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Densmore A, Xu DX, Janz S, Waldron P, Mischki T, Lopinski G, Delâge A, Lapointe J, Cheben P, Lamontagne B, Schmid JH. Spiral-path high-sensitivity silicon photonic wire molecular sensor with temperature-independent response. Opt Lett 2008; 33:596-598. [PMID: 18347721 DOI: 10.1364/ol.33.000596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We demonstrate a new silicon photonic wire waveguide evanescent field (PWEF) sensor that exploits the strong evanescent field of the transverse magnetic mode of this high-index-contrast, submicrometer-dimension waveguide. High sensitivity is achieved by using a 2 mm long double-spiral waveguide structure that fits within a compact circular area of 150 microm diameter, facilitating compatibility with commercial spotting apparatus and the fabrication of densely spaced sensor arrays. By incorporating the PWEF sensor element into a balanced waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer circuit, a minimum detectable mass of approximately 10 fg of streptavidin protein is demonstrated with near temperature-independent response.
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- A Densmore
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0R6.
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Rodrigo JA, Cheben P, Alieva T, Calvo ML, Florjanczyk M, Janz S, Scott A, Solheim B, Xu DX, Deláge A. Fresnel diffraction effects in Fourier-transform arrayed waveguide grating spectrometer. Opt Express 2007; 15:16431-16441. [PMID: 19550933 DOI: 10.1364/oe.15.016431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We present an analysis of Fourier-transform arrayed waveguide gratings in the Fresnel diffraction regime. We report a distinct spatial modulation of the interference pattern referred to as the Moiré-Talbot effect. The effect and its influence in a FT AWG device is explained by deriving an original analytical expression for the modulated field, and is also confirmed by numerical simulations using the angular spectrum method to solve the Fresnel diffraction integral. We illustrate the retrieval of spectral information in a waveguide Fourier-transform spectrometer in the presence of the Moiré-Talbot effect. The simulated device comprises two interleaved waveguide arrays each with 180 waveguides and the interference order of 40. It is designed with a Rayleigh spectral resolution of 0.1 nm and 8 nm bandwidth at wavelength lambda approximately 1.5 mum. We also demonstrate by numerical simulations that the spectrometer crosstalk is reduced from -20 dB to -40 dB by Gaussian apodization.
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Schmid JH, Cheben P, Janz S, Lapointe J, Post E, Xu DX. Gradient-index antireflective subwavelength structures for planar waveguide facets. Opt Lett 2007; 32:1794-6. [PMID: 17603572 DOI: 10.1364/ol.32.001794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We demonstrate the use of subwavelength gratings etched into the facets of silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguides as a means of reducing facet reflectivity by the gradient-index effect. Reflectivities as low as 2.0% and 2.4% for the fundamental TE and TM modes, respectively, are demonstrated experimentally for light of 1.55 microm wavelength, in agreement with both effective medium theory and finite-difference time domain calculations. Simulations show that facet reflectivites can be further reduced to less than 1% by increasing the grating modulation depth.
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- J H Schmid
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada.
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Cheben P, Schmid JH, Delâge A, Densmore A, Janz S, Lamontagne B, Lapointe J, Post E, Waldron P, Xu DX. A high-resolution silicon-on-insulator arrayed waveguide grating microspectrometer with sub-micrometer aperture waveguides. Opt Express 2007; 15:2299-2306. [PMID: 19532464 DOI: 10.1364/oe.15.002299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We demonstrate a 50-channel high-resolution arrayed waveguide grating microspectrometer with a 0.2 nm channel spacing on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. The chip size is 8 mm x 8 mm. High channel density and spectral resolution are achieved using high aspect ratio 0.6 mum x 1.5 mum waveguide apertures to inject the light into the input combiner and to intercept different spectral channels at the output combiner focal region. The measured crosstalk is <-10 dB, the 3 dB channel bandwidth is 0.15 nm, and the insertion loss is -17 dB near the central wavelength of lambda = 1.545 mum.
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Dawczynski J, Janz S, Kasper M, Franke S, Königsdörffer E, Augsten R, Strobel J. Histologische und immunhistologische Untersuchungen humaner epiretinaler Membranen. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2006; 223:687-90. [PMID: 16927226 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The exact mechanisms involved in the development of epiretinal membranes are still poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate human epiretinal membranes with the help of different histological and immunohistological methods in order to find new concepts for the development of these membranes. METHODS 79 epiretinal membranes of patients (28 male, 51 female) undergoing a pars plana vitrectomy were included in this study. The mean age of the patients was 67.3 +/- 12.1 years. Preoperative diagnosis was diabetic retinopathy (n = 57), panuveitis (n = 4), PVR-ablatio (n = 16) and Coats disease (n = 2). All epiretinal membranes were histological and immunohistological investigated (aquaporin and with smooth muscle actin [SMA]). RESULTS Within the investigated membranes very different cell and tissue structures were found. They varied from extracellular matrix-rich membranes to membranes with high cell density and proliferative activity (fibroblasts). In immunohistological studies highly differentiated vessel structures were identified (aquaporin-endothelial cells). A typical characterisation and comparison to clinical findings is demonstrated with the help of selected samples. CONCLUSIONS Human epiretinal membranes vary in their histological structure according to their underlying disease. Histological and immunohistological investigations may help to characterise these membranes and to understand the complex origin mechanism of these structures. This provides the basis for further studies with potential antiangiogenic drugs.
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- J Dawczynski
- Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Bachstrasse 18, 07743 Jena.
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The authors have recently reported that gene-targeted iMyc(Emu) mice that carry a His(6)-tagged mouse Myc cDNA, Myc(His), just 5' of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain enhancer, Emu, are prone to 'spontaneous' neoplasms of the B-lymphocyte lineage. The present study has used histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic methods to investigate a subset of these neoplasms referred to as extraosseous plasmacytomas (PCTs). It is shown that 20.8% (20/96) of tumour-bearing iMyc(Emu) mice on a mixed genetic background of segregating C57BL/6 and 129/SvJ alleles develop PCT by 500 days. The Myc(His)-induced PCTs produced monoclonal immunoglobulin and developed in the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), particularly the mesenteric node and Peyer's patches. The PCTs overexpressed Myc(His), at the expense of normal Myc, and exhibited gene expression changes on cDNA macroarrays that were consistent with Myc(His)-driven neoplasia. Surprisingly, in one of three PCT-derived cell lines, Myc(His) was 'replaced' by a naturally occurring T(12;15) translocation, which changed the mode of Myc deregulation from gene insertion (Myc(His) transgene) to chromosomal translocation (juxtaposition of normal Myc to the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus Igh). These findings provide evidence that recreation of the mouse PCT-associated T(12;15)(Igh(Emu)-Myc) translocation by gene insertion in mice results in the predictable development of PCTs in approximately one-fifth of the tumour-bearing mice. Myc(His)-driven PCTs recapitulate aspects of human plasma cell neoplasms, for which relatively few models exist in mice. For example, PCT development in the iMyc(Emu) mice may provide a good system to study the mechanism by which human MYC facilitates the progression of plasma cell myeloma (multiple myeloma) in humans.
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- J S Kim
- Laboratory of Genetics, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Cheben P, Xu DX, Janz S, Densmore A. Subwavelength waveguide grating for mode conversion and light coupling in integrated optics. Opt Express 2006; 14:4695-702. [PMID: 19516625 DOI: 10.1364/oe.14.004695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We propose a new method for mode conversion and coupling between an optical fiber and a sub-micrometer waveguide using a subwavelength grating (SWG) with a period less than the 1st order Bragg period. The coupler principle is based on gradual modification of the waveguide mode effective index by the SWG effect that at the same time frustrates diffraction and minimizes reflection loss. We demonstrate the proposed principle by two-dimensional Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) calculations of various SWG structures designed for the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform with a Si core thickness of 0.3 microm. We found a coupling loss as small as 0.9 dB for a 50 microm-long SWG device and low excess loss due to fiber misalignment, namely 0.07 dB for a transverse misalignment of +/-1 microm, and 0.24 dB for an angular misalignment of +/-2 degrees. Scaling of the SWG coupler length down to 10 microm is also reported on an example of a 2D slab waveguide coupling structure including aspect ratio dependent etching and micro-loading effects. Finally, advantages of the proposed coupling principle for fabricating 3D coupling structures are discussed.
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Delâge A, Janz S, Lamontagne B, Bogdanov A, Dalacu D, Xu DX, Yap KP. Monolithically integrated asymmetric graded and step-index couplers for microphotonic waveguides. Opt Express 2006; 14:148-161. [PMID: 19503326 DOI: 10.1364/opex.14.000148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A monolithically integrated asymmetric graded index (GRIN) or step-index (GRIN) mode converters for microphotonic waveguides are proposed and described. The design parameters and tolerances are calculated for amorphous silicon (a-Si) couplers integrated with silicon-on-insulator waveguides. The GRIN and step-index couplers operate over a wide wavelength range with low polarization dependence, and the lithographic resolution needed is only +/-1 microm. Finally, experimental results are presented for a single layer 3 microm thick step-index a-Si coupler integrated on a 0.8 microm thick SOI waveguide. The measured variation of coupling efficiency with coupler length is in agreement with theory, with an optimal coupling length of 15 microm for this device.
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Ta'eed V, Moss D, Eggleton B, Freeman D, Madden S, Samoc M, Luther-Davies B, Janz S, Xu D. Higher order mode conversion via focused ion beam milled Bragg gratings in Silicon-on-Insulator waveguides. Opt Express 2004; 12:5274-5284. [PMID: 19484087 DOI: 10.1364/opex.12.005274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report the first Bragg gratings fabricated by Focused Ion Beam milling in optical waveguides. We observe striking features in the optical transmission spectra of surface relief gratings in silicon-on-insulator waveguides and achieve good agreement with theoretical results obtained using a novel adaptation of the beam propagation method and coupled mode theory. We demonstrate that leaky Higher Order Modes (HOM), often present in large numbers (although normally not observed) even in nominally single mode rib waveguides, can dramatically affect the Bragg grating optical transmission spectra. We investigate the dependence of the grating spectrum on grating dimensions and etch depth, and show that our results have significant implications for designing narrow spectral width gratings in high index waveguides, either for minimizing HOM effects for conventional WDM filters, or potentially for designing devices to capitalize on very efficient HOM conversion.
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Xu DX, Cheben P, Dalacu D, Delâge A, Janz S, Lamontagne B, Picard MJ, Ye WN. Eliminating the birefringence in silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguides by use of cladding stress. Opt Lett 2004; 29:2384-2386. [PMID: 15532275 DOI: 10.1364/ol.29.002384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We propose and demonstrate the use of the cladding stress-induced photoelastic effect to eliminate modal birefringence in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) ridge waveguides. Birefringence-free operation was achieved for waveguides with otherwise large birefringence by use of properly chosen thickness and stress of the upper cladding layer. With the stress levels typically found in cladding materials such as SiO2, the birefringence modification range can be as large as 10(-3). In arrayed waveguide grating demultiplexers that were fabricated in a SOI platform, we demonstrated the reduction of the birefringence from 1.2 x 10(-3) (without the upper cladding) to 4.5 x 10(-5) when a 0.8-microm oxide upper cladding with a stress of -320 MPa (compressive) was used. Because the index changes induced by the stress are orders of magnitude smaller than the waveguide core-cladding index contrast, the associated mode mismatch loss is negligible.
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- D X Xu
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Janz S, Cheben P, Dayan H, Deakos R. Measurement of birefringence in thin-film waveguides by Rayleigh scattering. Opt Lett 2003; 28:1778-1780. [PMID: 14514098 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.001778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A method of measuring birefringence in slab and ridge waveguides based on the coherent superposition of Rayleigh light scattering from TE and TM polarized modes is described and demonstrated in silica-on-silicon waveguides. A measurement accuracy of approximately 10(-6) has been achieved. This method is used to determine the evolution of waveguide birefringence with annealing temperature in phosphorous-doped glass waveguides. The measured birefringence increases rapidly with annealing temperatures up to 800 degrees C but remains unchanged for higher-temperature anneals. We interpret this threshold as the temperature above which glass can flow.
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- S Janz
- Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6 Canada.
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Esa A, Coleman AE, Edelmann P, Silva S, Cremer CG, Janz S. Conformational differences in the 3-D nanostructure of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus, a hotspot of chromosomal translocations in B lymphocytes. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2001; 127:168-73. [PMID: 11425458 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00455-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Spectral precision distance microscopy was utilized to detect small but nonetheless consistently present conformational differences between the immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene clusters (IgH) that reside on the two chromosome 12 homologues in all diploid cells of the mouse. The euclidian distance (i.e., the mean arithmetic three-dimensional [3-D] distance) between the 5' most IgH gene, C mu, and the 3' most IgH gene, C alpha, was used as the indicator to define the co-presence of a condensed IgH domain and a relaxed IgH domain in the same cell. In normal and malignant B cells in which IgH is actively rearranged and transcribed, the C mu/C alpha distance (genomic distance approximately 180 kb) was found to range from 87.5 to 121 nm on the condensed IgH domain and from 154 to 207 nm on the relaxed IgH domain. In non-B cells (fibroblasts, neutrophils, and macrophages), in which IgH is inactive, the C mu/C alpha distance was found to range from 136 to 154 nm on the condensed IgH domain and from 250 to 292 nm on the related IgH domain. These results suggested that conformational differences that may predispose the relaxed IgH domain for illegitimate genetic recombinations, such as chromosomal translocations, are likely to exist in many cell types, including B cells. However, in B lymphocytes this structural predisposition may conspire with the lineage-specific ability to activate proto-oncogenes (after juxtaposition to IgH) to positively affect the preferential involvement of the relaxed IgH domain in chromosomal translocations. Additional studies are warranted to validate this working hypothesis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- DNA/chemistry
- DNA/genetics
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Leukemia, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, B-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/immunology
- Mice
- Multigene Family
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Translocation, Genetic
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- A Esa
- Applied Optics and Information Processing, Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Myc-activating chromosomal 12;15 translocations, the hallmark mutations of inflammation-induced BALB/c plasmacytomas, have recently been shown to undergo remodeling by isotype switch-like genetic recombinations that remove approximately 180 kb of immunoglobulin heavy-chain sequence in the vicinity of the rearranged, expressed Myc gene. Here we combine cytogenetic data on the 12;15 translocation (SKY and FISH) with the molecular analysis of key junction sites (long-range PCR followed by DNA sequencing) to demonstrate that translocation remodeling occurred as an infrequent, stepwise, and disomic tumor progression event in the tetraploid, fully transformed, and transplantable plasmacytoma TEPC 3610. This result was used, in conjunction with previously obtained molecular data on five other primary plasmacytomas, to devise a hypothesis that predicts that the selective pressure to undergo translocation remodeling may be predetermined by the location of the break site in Myc. The pressure may be low if the break occurs 5' of the normal promoter region of Myc, but it may be considerably stronger if the break occurs 3' of the Myc promoter. Published 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- A L Kovalchuk
- Laboratory of Genetics, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Felix K, Kovalchuk AL, Park SS, Coleman AE, Ramsay ES, Qian M, Kelliher KA, Jones GM, Ried T, Bornkamm GW, Janz S. Inducible mutagenesis in TEPC 2372, a mouse plasmacytoma cell line that harbors the transgenic shuttle vector lambdaLIZ. Mutat Res 2001; 473:121-36. [PMID: 11166031 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(00)00143-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The plasmacytoma cell line, TEPC 2372, was derived from a malignant plasma cell tumor that developed in the peritoneal cavity of a BALB/c mouse that harbored the transgenic shuttle vector for the assessment of mutagenesis in vivo, lambdaLIZ. TEPC 2372 was found to display the typical features of a BALB/c plasmacytoma. It consisted of pleomorphic plasma cells that secreted a monoclonal immunoglobulin (IgG2b/lambda), was initially dependent on the presence of IL-6 to grow in cell culture, contained a hyperdiploid chromosome complement with a tendency to undergo tetraploidization, and harbored a constitutively active c-myc gene by virtue of a T(6;15) chromosomal translocation. TEPC 2372 was further characterized by the ability to respond to in vitro exposure with 4-NQO (4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide), an oxidative model mutagen, with a vigorous dose-dependent increase in mutagenesis that peaked at a 7.85-fold elevation of mutant rates in lambdaLIZ when compared to background mutant rates in untreated controls. Cotreatment with 4-NQO and BSO (buthionine sulfoximine), a glutathione-depleting compound that causes endogenous oxidative stress, resulted in a 9.03-fold increase in the mutant frequency in lambdaLIZ. These results demonstrated that TEPC 2372, the malignant plasma cell counterpart of the lambdaLIZ-based in vivo mutagenesis assay, may be useful as an in vitro reference point for the further elucidation of oxidative mutagenesis in lymphoid tissues.
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- K Felix
- Laboratory of Genetics, DBS, NCI, Building 37, Room 2B10, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA.
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Hori M, Xiang S, Qi CF, Chattopadhyay SK, Fredrickson TN, Hartley JW, Kovalchuk AL, Bornkamm GW, Janz S, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Ward JM, Morse HC. Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas of Mice. Blood Cells Mol Dis 2001; 27:217-22. [PMID: 11358382 DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.2000.0375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Studies of lymphoid neoplasms occurring in normal or genetically engineered mice have revealed parallels and differences to non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) of humans. Some mouse lymphomas have strong histologic similarities to the human NHL subsets including precursor B- and T-cell lymphoblastic, small lymphocytic, splenic marginal zone, and diffuse large-cell B-cell lymphomas (DLCL); whether molecular parallels also exist is under study. Others mouse types such as sIg+ lymphoblastic B-cell lymphoma have no histologic equivalent in human NHL even though they share molecular deregulation of BCL6 with human DLCL. Finally, Burkitt lymphoma does not appear to occur naturally in mice, but it can be induced with appropriately engineered transgenes.
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- M Hori
- Laboratory of Immunopathology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Kovalchuk AL, Qi CF, Torrey TA, Taddesse-Heath L, Feigenbaum L, Park SS, Gerbitz A, Klobeck G, Hoertnagel K, Polack A, Bornkamm GW, Janz S, Morse HC. Burkitt lymphoma in the mouse. J Exp Med 2000; 192:1183-90. [PMID: 11034608 PMCID: PMC2195876 DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.8.1183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Chromosomal translocations juxtaposing the MYC protooncogene with regulatory sequences of immunoglobulin (Ig) H chain or kappa (Ig kappa) or lambda (Ig lambda) L chain genes and effecting deregulated expression of MYC are the hallmarks of human Burkitt lymphoma (BL). Here we report that lymphomas with striking similarities to BL develop in mice bearing a mutated human MYC gene controlled by a reconstructed Ig lambda locus encompassing all the elements required for establishment of locus control in vitro. Diffusely infiltrating lymphomas with a typical starry sky appearance occurred in multiple founders and an established line, indicating independence from positional effects. Monoclonal IgM(+)CD5(-)CD23(-) tumors developed from an initially polyclonal population of B cells. These results demonstrate that the phenotype of B lineage lymphomas induced by MYC dysregulation is highly dependent on cooperativity among the regulatory elements that govern expression of the protooncogene and provide a new system for studying the pathogenesis of BL.
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- A L Kovalchuk
- Laboratory of Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Mouse spectral karyotyping (SKY) was employed to analyze 29 primary BALB/c plasmacytomas (PCTs) for the presence of chromosomal aberrations that took place subsequent to the Myc-activating T(12F1;15D2) or T(6C1;15D2) translocations, the initiating oncogenic mutations in plasmacytomagenesis. Recurrent amplifications of chromosome (Chr) 1 (48% prevalence) and promiscuous non-reciprocal translocations of Chr 5 (52% prevalence) suggested the existence of important PCT progressor genes on bands 1B/C and 5F. The additional occurrence of sporadic aberrations (93% prevalence) most likely reflected the general instability of the PCT genome. This instability, however, was not consistent, as two PCTs lacked secondary cytogenetic changes detectable by SKY. Our findings led us to conclude that BALB/c PCTs show a remarkably similar degree of cytogenetic heterogeneity to human multiple myeloma, despite being genetically defined (inbred mouse strain) and uniformly initiated (deregulation of Myc). Published 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- A E Coleman
- Laboratory of Genetics, Division of Basic Sciences, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA
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Kovalchuk AL, Kishimoto T, Janz S. Lymph nodes and Peyer's patches of IL-6 transgenic BALB/c mice harbor T(12;15) translocated plasma cells that contain illegitimate exchanges between the immunoglobulin heavy-chain mu locus and c-myc. Leukemia 2000; 14:1127-35. [PMID: 10865979 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hyperplastic plasmacytotic lymph nodes and Peyer's patches of 12 of 25 (48%) BALB/c mice that carried a human IL-6 transgene under the transcriptional control of the histocompatibility H-2L(D) promoter (BALB/c.IL-6 mice) were found to harbor 15 cell clones that contained in their T(12;15) translocation breakpoint regions illegitimate genetic recombinations between the upstream flank of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain C mu locus (5'-C mu) and c-myc (5'-C mu/c-myc+ clones). Similar 5'-C mu/c-myc+ clones were also detected in pristane-induced peritoneal granulomata (a significant source of IL-6 in situ) of three of 13 (13%) conventional BALB/c mice, but not in lymphoid tissues of pristane-treated BALB/c mice, nor in any tissue of untreated BALB/c mice. These findings provided strong evidence that IL-6 may be able to promote the growth and/or survival of clones that contained rearrangements between 5'-C mu and c-myc. Taken in conjunction with our previous observation that 5'-C mu/c-myc+ clones are the precursors for pristane-induced BALB/c plasmacytomas, the findings further suggested that IL-6 may play a pivotal role in the early stage of plasmacytoma development, by promoting tumor precursor cells. The BALB/c.IL-6 model of plasmacytomagenesis may be superior to the conventional BALA/c model because the putative plasmacytoma precursors appear to be more prevalent and in their development independent of treating the mice with inflammation-inducing plasmacytomagenic agents, such as pristane or silicone polymers.
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- A L Kovalchuk
- Laboratory of Genetics, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
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DNA sequence analysis of PCR amplified Igh/c-myc junction fragments of T(12;15) chromosome translocations and immunohistochemical determination of immunoglobulin isotype production were employed to study the clonal diversification of neoplastic translocated plasma cells that resided in peritoneal inflammatory granulomas of BALB/c mice harboring primary plasmacytomas. The diversity of plasma cells was found to take two major forms when the fine structure of the T(12;15) translocation was used as the clonotypic marker. First, mosaics of clones containing translocations that were apparently unrelated to each other were detected in nine out of 17 (53%) mice. Second, subclones derived from common T(12;15)+ progenitors by either secondary deletions in translocation breakpoint regions or aberrant isotype switching near translocation breaksites were found in five of 17 (29.5%) mice. When Ig expression was utilized as the clonotypic marker, clonal mosaics were shown to occur in all mice. This was demonstrated by the finding that the prevalent IgA- or IgG-producing plasmacytoma clone was invariably accompanied by smaller clones of IgG- or IgA-expressing neoplastic plasma cells, respectively. These results provided new insights into the clonal diversification at the terminal stage of plasmacytomagenesis. In addition, they suggested that BALB/c plasmacytomas may be uniquely useful for studying clonal diversity during B cell oncogenesis, since clonal evolution can be evaluated in a pool of tumor and tumor precursor cells that is clearly defined by the T(12;15) chromosomal translocation and the production of monoclonal immunoglobulin.
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- A L Kovalchuk
- Laboratory of Genetics, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
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Coleman AE, Forest ST, McNeil N, Kovalchuk AL, Ried T, Janz S. Cytogenetic analysis of the bipotential murine pre-B cell lymphoma, P388, and its derivative macrophage-like tumor, P388D1, using SKY and CGH. Leukemia 1999; 13:1592-600. [PMID: 10516761 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Spectral karyotyping (SKY) and comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) were used to elucidate the divergent cytogenetic make-up of the prototypical bilineage lymphoblastic pre-B lymphoma, P388, and its progenitor macrophage-like tumor, P388D1. P388 was found to be diploid and genomically stable. P388D1 was triploid, highly unstable and characterized by numerous marker chromosomes (Chrs) and composite rearrangements. The karyotype of P388D1 was so complex that its clonal relatedness to P388 would have remained questionable without confirmation by molecular analysis of the clonotypic immunoglobulin heavy-chain and light-chain gene recombinations that coexisted in both tumors. The intrinsic instability of the P388D1 genome was indicated by the observation that only four out of 42 aberrations uncovered by SKY (in a total of 27 metaphases) occurred consistently (100% incidence), whereas 27 changes occurred non-randomly (27 to 96% incidence) and 11 alterations randomly (4 to 11% incidence). Persistent cytogenetic instability was also observed in P388 'macrophages' after phorbol ester- and ionomycin-induced conversion in vitro of P388 lymphoma cells. The 'cytogenetic noise' in these cells was manifested by a multiplicity of sporadic chromosomal aberrations; ie 25 distinct changes were identified by SKY in 40 metaphases. The results in P388D1 and P388 'macrophages' were interpreted to indicate that the myeloid differentiation program in the bipotential pre-B cell lymphoma P388 is invariably characterized by karyotypic instability. The study presented here demonstrates the power of the combined SKY and CGH approach to resolve complicated karyotypes of important and widely used mouse tumors.
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- A E Coleman
- Laboratory of Genetics, Division of Basic Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
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