Title :
Integrated liquid-core ARROW waveguides for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Author :
Measor, Philip ; Yin, Dongliang ; Schmidt, Holger ; Seballos, Leo ; Zhang, Jin ; Barber, John P. ; Hawkins, Aaron R.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of CA Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Abstract :
Planar integrated liquid-core ARROW waveguides for surface-enhanced Raman (SERS) sensing are discussed. We demonstrate SERS detection from rhodamine 6G molecules bound to silver nanoparticles in ARROW waveguides and present waveguide designs for integrated Rayleigh-peak filtering.
Keywords :
dyes; nanoparticles; optical design techniques; optical planar waveguides; optical sensors; silver; surface enhanced Raman scattering; Ag; SERS sensing; integrated Rayleigh-peak filtering; integrated liquid-core ARROW waveguides; planar integrated waveguides; rhodamine 6G molecules; silver nanoparticles; surface-enhanced Raman scattering; waveguide design; Geometrical optics; Liquid waveguides; Nanoparticles; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Raman scattering; Silver; Spectroscopy; Surface waves; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (300.6450) Spectroscopy, Raman;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628550
