Title :
Thermal Characterization of Liquid Core Optical Ring Resonators
Author :
Suter, J.D. ; White, I.M. ; Zhu, H. ; Fan, X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biol. Eng., Missouri Univ., Columbia, MO
Abstract :
We have investigated experimentally and theoretically the temperature dependence of the liquid core optical ring resonator (LCORR) for development of label-free lab-on-a-chip optical bio/chemical sensors
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biosensors; chemical sensors; micro-optomechanical devices; microfluidics; nanotechnology; optical resonators; optical sensors; temperature measurement; thermo-optical effects; whispering gallery modes; biochemical sensor; label-free lab-on-a-chip optical chemical sensor; liquid core optical ring resonators; microfluidics; micron-scale dimensions; photonics technology; sub-nanoliter sample detection volume; thermal characterization; whispering gallery modes; Chemical sensors; Chemical technology; Lab-on-a-chip; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Temperature dependence; Temperature sensors; Thermal expansion; Thermooptic effects;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2006. IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9562-X
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2006.1708323
