Title :
Porous Silicon Waveguide Biosensors
Author :
Weiss, Sharon M.
Author_Institution :
Member, IEEE
Abstract :
Porous silicon waveguide biosensors are demonstrated as a new platform for high sensitivity, label-free sensing. Comparison to the performance of evanescent wave-based sensors and other porous silicon-based sensors will be explored
Keywords :
biochemistry; biosensors; chemical sensors; elemental semiconductors; molecular biophysics; optical sensors; optical waveguides; porous semiconductors; silicon; Si; biomolecule detection; high-sensitivity sensing; label-free sensing; porous silicon waveguide biosensors; Biological materials; Biosensors; Chemical and biological sensors; Electromagnetic waveguides; Molecular biophysics; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279090
