• DocumentCode
    3009130
  • Title

    Selectively Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibers for Fluorescence Sensing

  • Author

    Smolka, Stephan ; Barth, Michael ; Benson, Oliver

  • Author_Institution
    Humboldt-Univ. Berlin, Berlin
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate hollow core photonic crystal fibers for ultra-sensitive fluorescence detection by selectively infiltrating the central hole with fluorophores. Dye concentrations down to 10-9 M can be detected using only nanoliter sample volumes.
  • Keywords
    dyes; fibre optic sensors; fluorescence; optical fibres; photonic crystals; dye concentrations; fluorescence detection; fluorescence sensing; fluorophores; hollow fibers; photonic crystal fibers; selectively infiltrated fibers; ultrasensitive detection; Biomedical optical imaging; Coatings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluorescence; Nanobioscience; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Photonic crystal fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452836
  • Filename
    4452836