Title :
DNA target detection using gold-coated tilted fiber Bragg gratings in aqueous media
Author :
Shevchenko, Y.Y. ; Blair, D. A D ; Derosa, M.C. ; Albert, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON
Abstract :
Plasmon resonances in the transmission spectrum of a tilted Bragg grating in gold coated fibers are used to detect the binding of thiolated single stranded DNA and the further binding of the complementary target DNA.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; DNA; biological techniques; fibre optic sensors; molecular biophysics; surface plasmon resonance; binding; gold coated fibers; gold-coated tilted fiber Bragg gratings; plasmon resonances; thiolated single stranded DNA detection; transmission spectrum; DNA; Gold; Object detection; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Refractive index; Resonance; Sequences; 060.2370 Fiber optics sensors; 060.3735 Fiber Bragg gratings;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
