Title :
Imaging by SOI waveguides
Author :
Song, Q. ; Tomov, I. ; Tien, EK ; Qian, F. ; Sang, X. ; Tatiraju, S. ; Meyer, J. ; Boyraz, O.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. Dept., UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
Abstract :
We show that silicon waveguides can simultaneously be utilized as focusing device and also as detectors in nonlinear fluorescence imaging. Detection and imaging of Lt20mum erbium particles by using 1550 nm excitation are demonstrated experimentally.
Keywords :
erbium; fluorescence; multiphoton processes; optical focusing; optical images; optical planar waveguides; silicon; yttrium compounds; SOI waveguide imaging; Si-SiO2; Y2O3:Er3+; erbium particles; focusing device; multiphoton fluorescence; multiphoton imaging; nonlinear fluorescence imaging; semiconductor based planar waveguide technology; silicon waveguides; wavelength 1550 nm; Detectors; Erbium; Fluorescence; High-resolution imaging; Laser excitation; P-i-n diodes; Particle scattering; Semiconductor waveguides; Silicon; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688655
