• DocumentCode
    733279
  • Title

    Optical microresonators as single-molecule spectrometers

  • Author

    Heylman, Kevin H. ; Knapper, Kassandra K. ; Horak, Erik H. ; Goldsmith, Randall H.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A new approach is described for sensing and spectroscopy of single non-luminescent nano-objects which combines the spatial and spectral selectivity of laser microscopy with the tremendous sensitivity of ultrahigh-quality factor optical microresonators.
  • Keywords
    micro-optomechanical devices; microsensors; optical microscopy; optical resonators; optical sensors; laser microscopy; single nonluminescent nanoobject sensing; single nonluminescent nanoobject spectroscopy; single-molecule spectrometers; spatial selectivity; spectral selectivity; ultrahigh-quality factor optical microresonator; Biomedical optical imaging; Microcavities; Optical imaging; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183716