Title :
Trapped rainbow techniques for spectroscopy on a chip and fluorescence enhancement
Author :
Smolyaninova, V.N. ; Smolyaninov, I.I. ; Kildishev, A.V. ; Shalaev, V.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Astron. & Geosci., Towson Univ., Towson, MD, USA
Abstract :
We have fabricated a large area array of tapered nano-waveguides, which exhibit broadband “trapped rainbow” effect. Considerable fluorescence enhancement due to slow light behavior in the array has been observed.
Keywords :
fluorescence; nanophotonics; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; slow light; spectroscopy; broadband trapped rainbow effect; fluorescence enhancement; slow light behavior; spectroscopy on a chip; tapered nanowaveguides; trapped rainbow technique; Arrays; Educational institutions; Fluorescence; Lenses; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
