• DocumentCode
    2301408
  • Title

    Optical resonator-based biosensors: Plasmonic enhancements for label-free single molecule detection

  • Author

    Vollmer, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    334
  • Lastpage
    335
  • Abstract
    Microcavity biosensors derive their sensitivity from monitoring frequency shifts induced by protein binding at sites of highly confined field intensities, where field strengths can be further amplified by excitation of plasmon resonances in nanoparticle layers.
  • Keywords
    bioMEMS; biosensors; microcavities; microsensors; molecular biophysics; nanoparticles; optical resonators; optical sensors; plasmonics; plasmons; proteins; sensitivity; field strengths; frequency shift monitoring; label-free single molecule detection; microcavity biosensors; nanoparticle layers; optical resonator-based biosensors; plasmon resonance excitation; plasmonic enhancements; protein binding; sensitivity; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Gold; ISO standards; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Resonant frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358628
  • Filename
    6358628