• DocumentCode
    1661610
  • Title

    Label-free biosensors based on athermal silicon-on-insulator waveguides and a harmonic dithering technique

  • Author

    Kim, Kangbaek ; Pafchek, Robert M. ; Koch, Thomas L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report a new high-sensitivity biosensor using athermal TM-mode SOI resonators with bulk and surface detection limits of 4.7×10-7 RIU and ~100fg/mm2. Simple DFB harmonic dithering feedback techniques obviate spectrometers and tunable lasers.
  • Keywords
    bioMEMS; biosensors; elemental semiconductors; enzymes; microsensors; molecular biophysics; optical resonators; optical sensors; optical waveguides; sensitivity; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; DFB harmonic dithering feedback techniques; Si; TM-mode SOI resonators; athermal silicon-on-insulator waveguides; biotin-streptavidin system; bulk detection limits; harmonic dithering technique; high-sensitivity biosensor; label-free biosensors; surface detection limits; Biosensors; Harmonic analysis; Optical ring resonators; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Power harmonic filters; Temperature measurement;
  • 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
    6325955
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1661610