Patent ID: 8367976

Claim:
A micro-optical-electro-mechanical system apparatus for heating of a sample comprising: a microchip; a microchannel flow channel in said microchip, said microchannel flow channel containing the sample; a laser that directs a laser beam onto the sample for heating the sample; a beam splitter for splitting said laser beam into a multiplicity of laser beams; a wall section of said microchannel flow channel that receives said multiplicity of laser beams and enables said laser beams to pass through wall section of said microchannel flow channel, said wall section said microchannel flow channel being made of a material that is not appreciably heated by said laser beams, wherein said multiplicity of laser beams pass through wall section of said microchannel flow channel and heat the sample; a carrier fluid within said microchannel flow channel for moving the sample in said microchannel flow channel, said carrier fluid being made of a material that is not appreciably heated by said laser beams; wherein said laser beams pass through wall section of said microchannel flow channel and heat the sample.