Optical fibre sensing and analytical imaging with semiconductor nanocrystals

Author

Jorge, P.A.S. ; Maule, Charles ; Rodrigues, Henrique ; da Silva, J.C.G.E. ; Farahi, F.

Author_Institution

Unidade de Optoelectronica e Sist. Electronicos, INESC Porto, Porto, Portugal

fYear

2009

fDate

June 28 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Semiconductor nanocrystals have unique optical properties that make them promising alternatives to traditional dyes in many luminescence based analytical techniques. An overview of the more relevant progresses in the application of quantum dots (QDs) as analytical probes in optical fibre sensing and imaging application will be addressed. Experimental results regarding the use of QDs as self-referenced multiplexed probes for chemical sensing and analytical imaging will be presented.

Keywords

chemical sensors; fibre optic sensors; luminescence; nanostructured materials; semiconductor quantum dots; analytical probes; chemical sensor; luminescence; optical fibre imaging; optical fibre sensor; quantum dots; self-referenced multiplexed probes; semiconductor nanocrystals; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemicals; Image analysis; Luminescence; Nanocrystals; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Optical surface waves; Probes; Quantum dots; chemical sensors; optical fibre sensors; quantum dots; ratiometric imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Azores

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4825-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4827-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185001

Filename

5185001