• DocumentCode
    1655326
  • Title

    Double resonance 1-D photonic crystal cavities for single-molecule mid-infrared photothermal spectroscopy

  • Author

    Lin, Hongtao ; Zou, Yi ; Hu, Juejun

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose a mid-infrared spectroscopic technique capable of detecting a single small molecule without using cryogenically cooled detectors. Such record sensitivity is attained by leveraging dramatically amplified photothermal effects in a pump-probe doubly resonant cavity.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectroscopy; nanophotonics; photonic crystals; photothermal spectroscopy; cryogenically cooled detector; double resonance 1D photonic crystal cavity; pump probe doubly resonant cavity; single small molecule detection; single-molecule midinfrared photothermal spectroscopy; Absorption; Cavity resonators; Glass; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Probes; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325722