• DocumentCode
    1661534
  • Title

    Plasmonic interferometer for enhanced optical biosensing

  • Author

    Gao, Yongkang ; Xin, Zheming ; Gan, Qiaoqiang ; Cheng, Xuanhong ; Bartoli, Filbert J.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a plasmonic interferometric biosensor based on a simple slit-grooves nanostructure for enhanced optical biosensing with figures of merit reaching 71.5 and detection limit of 2×10-5 RIU in a simple collinear transmission optical setup.
  • Keywords
    biological techniques; light interferometry; nanobiotechnology; nanofabrication; nanosensors; nanostructured materials; optical sensors; plasmonics; surface plasmons; detection limit; enhanced optical biosensing; plasmonic interferometric biosensor; simple collinear transmission optical setup; simple slit-grooves nanostructure; Biosensors; Interference; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Plasmons; Refractive index;
  • 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
    6325952