Title :
Microring resonators for biochemical sensing
Author :
Yalcin, Ayca ; Popat, Ketul C. ; Anthes-Washburn, Matthew ; Chhbouki, Nabil ; Desai, Tejal A. ; Unlu, M. Selim ; Goldberg, Bennett B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
A vertically coupled glass microring resonator biosensor is introduced with Q ∼ 12000. Wc demonstrated sensitivity to refractive index change in medium and reproducibility. Theoretical refractive index sensitivity from flow experiments is determined to be 2×10-5.
Keywords :
biochemistry; biological techniques; chemical sensors; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; microsensors; optical sensors; refractive index; biochemical sensing; biosensor; flow experiments; refractive index sensitivity; vertically coupled glass microring resonator; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202403
