Title :
Mode splitting based single particle size measurement in water
Author :
Kim, Woosung ; Ozdemir, Sahin Kaya ; Zhu, Jiangang ; Yang, Lan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of single nanoparticle detection and size measurement in water using mode splitting in high-Q optical resonators. We achieved detecting and measuring polystyrene individual nanoparticles down to 75 nm in radius.
Keywords :
nanoparticles; nanosensors; optical resonators; particle size measurement; polymers; high-Q optical resonators; mode splitting; polystyrene individual nanoparticles; single nanoparticle detection; single particle size measurement; size 75 mm; water; Microcavities; Nanoparticles; Optical sensors; Physics; Resonant frequency; Size measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
