• DocumentCode
    2236749
  • Title

    Detection of single nanoparticles using a nano fiber-taper

  • Author

    Zhu, Jiangang ; Ozdemir, Sahin Kaya ; He, Lina ; Chen, Da-Ren ; Yang, Lan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a sensitive single nanoparticle detection scheme using a nano tapered fiber. Experiments of detecting R = 120 nm and 175 nm polystyrene (PS) nanoparticles at 1550 nm wavelength band are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    nanoparticles; nanophotonics; optical sensors; nano fiber taper; polystyrene nanoparticles; single nanoparticles detection; size 120 nm; size 175 nm; wavelength 1550 nm; Atmospheric measurements; Nanoparticles; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Particle measurements; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950482