DocumentCode
1570837
Title
Imaging by SOI waveguides
Author
Song, Q. ; Tomov, I. ; Tien, EK ; Qian, F. ; Sang, X. ; Tatiraju, S. ; Meyer, J. ; Boyraz, O.
Author_Institution
Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. Dept., UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
fYear
2008
Firstpage
392
Lastpage
393
Abstract
We show that silicon waveguides can simultaneously be utilized as focusing device and also as detectors in nonlinear fluorescence imaging. Detection and imaging of Lt20mum erbium particles by using 1550 nm excitation are demonstrated experimentally.
Keywords
erbium; fluorescence; multiphoton processes; optical focusing; optical images; optical planar waveguides; silicon; yttrium compounds; SOI waveguide imaging; Si-SiO2; Y2O3:Er3+; erbium particles; focusing device; multiphoton fluorescence; multiphoton imaging; nonlinear fluorescence imaging; semiconductor based planar waveguide technology; silicon waveguides; wavelength 1550 nm; Detectors; Erbium; Fluorescence; High-resolution imaging; Laser excitation; P-i-n diodes; Particle scattering; Semiconductor waveguides; Silicon; Transmitters;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location
Acapulco
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1932-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688655
Filename
4688655
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