Title :
Implementation of buried detector arrays for waveguide sensors
Author :
Yuan, Guangwei ; Stephens, Matt ; Dandy, David S. ; Al-Omari, A.N. ; Lear, Kevin L.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
Abstract :
A compact dielectric waveguide sensor with buried detector arrays, which demonstrates high optical sensitivity to thin biological adlayers, is designed and implemented. Real-time, reagent-less, multi-analyte sensing is possible with this device
Keywords :
adsorbed layers; biosensors; chemisorbed layers; dielectric waveguides; LEAC waveguide sensors; buried detector arrays; compact dielectric waveguide sensor; local evanescent-field array coupled biosensor; multianalyte sensing technique; optical sensitivity; reagent-less sensing technique; thin biological adlayers; Gas detectors; Optical arrays; Optical films; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Sensor arrays; Silicon compounds; Substrates;
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.2006.279130
